SMITH v. STATE

S16A0398.

788 S.E.2d 433 (2016)

SMITH v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: July 5, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Richard Parker , Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, P.O. Box 1045, Bainbridge, Georgia 39818-1045, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Elizabeth Michelle Haase , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Joseph Kenneth Mulholland , District Attorney, Moruf O. Oseni , A.D.A., South Georgia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1870, Bainbridge, Georgia 39818, for Appellee.


Appellant Deonte T'varis Smith challenges his conviction for felony murder in connection with the death of his two-month-old daughter, Keymaya Smith. Appellant contends that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing the State to cross-examine him about tattoos on his arm and by allowing the State's expert witness to...

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