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STATE v. ABERNATHY

Nos. S11A0314, S11X0315.

715 S.E.2d 48 (2011)

289 Ga. 603

STATE v. ABERNATHY. Abernathy v. State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied July 21, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Stanley Gunter , Dist. Atty., Cathy Cox-Brakefield, William Jeffrey Langley , Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker , Atty. Gen., Mary Beth Westmoreland , Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., David Allan Zisook , Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

McDonald & Cody, Douglas W. McDonald, Sr. , Cornelia, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Samuel Mitchell Abernathy was convicted by a White County jury of the January 2008 murder of Darrin Ramey and sentenced to life imprisonment. On motion for new trial, the trial court, while rejecting most of Abernathy's contentions, granted the motion on the sole ground that Abernathy's public defender had rendered ineffective assistance due to a conflict of interest inhering in his representation of Abernathy. The State obtained a certificate...

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