CHAPMAN v. STATE

No. S12A0012.

724 S.E.2d 391 (2012)

290 Ga. 631

CHAPMAN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Fenn Little, Jr. , for appellant.

Robert E. Brooks, Jr. , Dist. Atty., Craig E. Miller , Asst. Dist. Atty., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jason C. Fisher , Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

Justin Wayne Chapman appeals his conviction and sentence for felony murder while in the commission of arson in connection with the death of Alice Jackson. His sole challenge is that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. Finding the challenge to be without merit, we affirm.1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. Sometime during the early morning hours of June 20, 2006...

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