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PERERA v. STATE

Nos. S14A1109, S14A1110.

763 S.E.2d 687 (2014)

295 Ga. 880

PERERA v. The STATE. Alma v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 22, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Scott Key , MILLER & KEY, PA, McDonough for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Michael Alexander Oldham , Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian Keith Fortner , Department of Law, Atlanta, Emily K. Richardson , James David McDade , Dist. Atty., Douglasville for appellee.

MELTON, Justice.

Following a joint jury trial regarding the murder of Robert Scott Burdette and the related arson committed by burning Burdette's car with his body inside, co-defendants Emily Margaret Perera1 and Miguel Angel Alma2 appeal their convictions, contending, among other things, that the evidence was insufficient to support their verdicts and that respective trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance...

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