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WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. S05A0723.

620 S.E.2d 809 (2005)

279 Ga. 722

WASHINGTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 11, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Dowell, Savannah, for Appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Robin Joy Leigh, Asst. Atty. Gen., Christine Sieger Barker, Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellee.

SEARS, Chief Justice.

The appellant, Joseph Washington, appeals from his conviction for the malice murder of Jarvis Maxwell.1 On appeal, Washington contends that the trial court erred by ruling against his claim that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and by denying a motion for mistrial that he made after a juror brought a newspaper article about the case to court on the morning of the second day of trial. For the reasons...

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