VANSTAVERN v. STATE

No. S13A0409.

744 S.E.2d 42 (2013)

VANSTAVERN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 3, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheueli Cindy Wang , Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Katherine Thrower Parvis , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Jeffery Wayne Hunt , Sr. Asst. Dist. Atty., Peter J. Skandalakis , Dist. Atty., Raymond C. Mayer , Asst. Dist. Atty., Office of the District Attorney, for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

Joseph Norman Vanstavern appeals the denial of his motion for new trial and his convictions and sentences for malice murder and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a crime in connection with the fatal shooting of Joey Lankford Rush. He claims reversible error in the trial court's mention to the jury of a redacted count in his indictment and maintains that his trial counsel was ineffective. For the reasons which follow, the challenges...

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