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DAWSON v. STATE

S16A0786.

794 S.E.2d 132 (2016)

DAWSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 21, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Clifford Martin , 21 Lee Street, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, Sean H. Joyner , The Joyner Law Firm, 111 Stockbridge Road, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Elizabeth Michelle Haase , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Michael Davis Thurston , A.D.A., Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellee.

Following a jury trial, Lonnie Dawson appeals his convictions for malice murder, burglary, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, contending that the trial court made certain evidentiary errors and that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in numerous ways.1 For the reasons...

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