BRETT v. STATE

No. S13A0701.

751 S.E.2d 59 (2013)

294 Ga. 30

BRETT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 4, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Bonner, Jr. , Kevin Alan Anderson , Jimmonique R.S. Rodgers , Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, Atlanta, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Brittany Nicole Jones , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Stephen Andrew Bradley , Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Baldwin County District Attorney's Office, Milledgeville, Fredric Daniel Bright , Dist. Atty., Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Gray, for the appellee.


BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant David Banks Brett appeals his convictions for the shooting death of Jose Garcia-Castro.1 In his motion for new trial, appellant alleged his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance, but the trial court denied the motion, finding appellant had failed to show that counsel's performance was deficient. On appeal, appellant maintains his ineffective assistance claim, arguing that counsel failed to object to inadmissible...

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