MIKELL v. STATE

No. S10A0567.

690 S.E.2d 858 (2010)

MIKELL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 15, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wystan B. Getz, Decatur, for appellant.

Daniel J. Porter, Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Reggie A. Lampkin, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THOMPSON, Justice.

Appellant Calvin Mikell was convicted and sentenced to life in prison in connection with the stabbing death of Laqueta Williams.1 He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial asserting that the trial court erred by finding that he received effective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgments of conviction in part, but we vacate...

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