Evans v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Jonathan Evans challenged his convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Jamirus Wright and the non-fatal shooting of Brandon Martin. Appellant’s only claim on appeal was that he was denied constitutionally effective assistance of counsel at trial due to his attorney’s failure to introduce into evidence footage from the initial responding officers’ body cameras containing statements by them that he claimed would have lent support to his sole defense of justification. However, the Georgia Supreme Court found Appellant did not show that his trial counsel’s failure to introduce such evidence was objectively unreasonable. Thus, he failed to show that his counsel’s performance was constitutionally deficient, which was fatal to his claim. Accordingly, the Court affirmed his convictions.
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