O'Neal v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseRyan O’Neal was convicted of malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and other related crimes in connection with the shooting death of Joseph Jackson. On appeal, O’Neal contended: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support his murder conviction; (2) the trial court erred by instructing the jury on conspiracy and denying his request for an instruction on voluntary manslaughter; and (3) defense counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to a comment made by the prosecutor during closing argument and failing to successfully defend against the State’s request for a conspiracy instruction. He also argued his trial was fundamentally unfair because of the number of errors made by the trial court. Finding no reversible error, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed.
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