Norris v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseAppellant Jaquest Norris challenged his 2018 convictions for felony murder and cruelty to children in the first degree in connection with the beating death of a child, eight-month-old Monte Jones. Norris contended the evidence was legally insufficient to support his convictions. Appellant also contended his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to impeach one of the State’s expert witnesses, Dr. Deborah Young, with evidence that Monte had two healed fractures in his left leg after Dr. Young testified that she recalled Monte having only recent fractures. Because the Georgia Supreme Court concluded the evidence was legally sufficient to sustain Appellant’s convictions, and because Appellant failed to show prejudice from any alleged deficiency in trial counsel’s actions, the convictions were affirmed.
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