COOKS v. STATE

S16A0719.

792 S.E.2d 389 (2016)

COOKS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara M. Collins , P.O. Box 961736, Riverdale, Georgia 30296, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Departmerit of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Paige Reese Whitaker , Deputy D.A., Michael V. Snow , A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


Quentin Cooks was tried by a Fulton County jury, and he was convicted of murder and several other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Shawn Powe. Cooks appeals, contending that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred when it prohibited him from presenting evidence of prior...

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