WELLS v. STATE

No. A02A1152.

563 S.E.2d 560 (2002)

254 Ga. App. 732

WELLS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

April 5, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tapley & Warnock, George C. Tapley, Charles M. Warnock, Jr., Dublin, for appellant.

Ralph M. Walke, Dist. Atty., Louie C. Fraser, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

A Laurens County jury convicted defendant Coprintha Michelle Wells of voluntary manslaughter as a lesser included offense of murder. The superior court sentenced her to 20 years to serve. The defendant appeals from the denial of her motion for new trial, contending, as she did below, that she was denied effective assistance of counsel for counsel's failure to object to the introduction of photographs of the victim, a baby boy five weeks old, as inflammatory...

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