JOHNSON v. STATE

No. S13A0605.

742 S.E.2d 460 (2013)

292 Ga. 856

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

April 29, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S.V. Weston , Trotter Jones, LLP, Augusta, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Andrew George Sims , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Charles R. Sheppard , Asst. Dist. Atty., Rebecca Ashley Wright , Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, Titus Thomas Nichols , District Attorneys Office, Augusta, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Appellant Alana Johnson was convicted of one count of felony murder in connection with the October 2010 death of her three-year-old son, Shane Hurd. Johnson appeals the denial of her motion for new trial, asserting insufficiency of the evidence, evidentiary error, and trial counsel ineffectiveness. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.1

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