Collins v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseJalin Collins, Percy Burdine, and Brandon Love were tried together and convicted of murder and other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Milton Kelley. Although they raised different contentions on appeal, the co-defendants' appeals were consolidated for purposes of issuing an opinion. Burdine contended: the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions; the trial court erred by denying his motion for a separate trial, by improperly modifying a pattern jury instruction, by failing to properly address a question the jury asked during deliberations, and by sentencing him based on an inconsistent verdict; and that his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance. Collins contended the trial court committed plain error by giving the jury an inapplicable instruction on the definition of “accomplice” and that his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance. Love contended the trial court erred by denying his request for a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter. Finding no reversible error in any case, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed.
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