Fitts v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseIn related appeals, Donovan Fitts and Jermanique Franklin appealed their convictions for murder and other crimes in connection with the 2017 shooting deaths of Tenecia Posley and Barry Johnson. In Case No. S21A0159, Fitts argued the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a subsequent shooting incident as intrinsic evidence and as other-acts evidence under OCGA 24-4-404 (b), and that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance for failing to object to certain hearsay testimony and for not moving for a mistrial. In Case No. S21A0160, Franklin claimed: (1) the evidence was insufficient to convict her beyond a reasonable doubt as a party to the crimes; (2) the Georgia Supreme Court should reconsider the standard of review for sufficiency; and (3) she received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. As to Fitts, the Georgia Supreme Court found no reversible error, so it affirmed in Case No. S21A0159. As to Franklin, the Court rejected each of her enumerations of error, but found a merger error with regard to her convictions for armed robbery and burglary. The Court therefore affirmed her convictions for felony murder but vacated her convictions for armed robbery and burglary in Case No. S21A0160.
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