BESTER v. STATE

No. S13A1192.

751 S.E.2d 360 (2013)

294 Ga. 195

BESTER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy W. Copeland , Copeland & Haugabrook, Valdosta, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Dep. Atty. Gen., Katherine Lee Iannuzzi , Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Richard Lowery Perryman, III , Dist. Atty., Robert Alan Rogers , Asst. Dist. Atty., Alapaha Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Adel, for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Appellant Rashad Bester appeals his convictions for malice murder and other crimes relating to the strangulation death of Shawna Webber.1 On appeal, Bester claims that the trial court erred in denying his claim that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance and his claim that the prosecutor violated his equal protection rights by the use of a peremptory strike in selecting the jury. We affirm Bester's convictions...

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