WHITING v. STATE

No. S98A1250.

506 S.E.2d 846 (1998)

269 Ga. 750

WHITING v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill L. Anderson, Public Defender, Douglasville, Mary Erickson, Atlanta, for Richard Brian Whiting.

James David McDade, Dist. Atty., Douglasville, Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Frank Anthony Ilardi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.


HINES, Justice.

A jury found Richard Brian Whiting guilty of malice murder for the fatal bludgeoning of his employer, Charles Shriner.1 Whiting appeals from his conviction and from the denial of his motion for new trial, claiming error in the jury instructions regarding the presumption of innocence, and that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request certain jury charges. The contentions of error are without merit, and we...

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