Clark v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseWilliam Clark was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Anthony King and the aggravated assault of Anthony Davis. In his appeal, Clark contended: (1) the evidence presented at his trial was legally insufficient to support his convictions for the crimes against King; (2) the trial court applied the wrong standard in admitting evidence of an audio recording of his interview with the lead investigator for his case; (3) the trial court committed plain error by failing to instruct the jury on knowledge, grave suspicion, mere presence, and mere association; and (4) his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to request those instructions and by failing to file a demurrer to the indictment. Finding no merit to any of these claims, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Clark's convictions.
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