Thomas v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseDerrico Thomas was convicted by jury of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, stemming from the shooting death of Orlando Young. Thomas argued: (1) the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a prior shooting and his aggravated battery conviction that flowed from it; and (2) he was deprived of his right to testify due to the ineffective assistance of counsel. The Georgia Supreme Court concluded that although the trial court erred in admitting the evidence of the prior shooting, it was highly probable that the error in admitting the evidence about the shooting did not contribute to the verdict. And the Supreme Court concluded Thomas did not met his burden to show that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective. The Court therefore affirmed Thomas’s convictions.
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