SHEARD v. STATE

S16A1291.

793 S.E.2d 386 (2016)

SHEARD, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided, November 7, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew K. Winchester , Law Offices of Matthew K. Winchester, 1800 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 430, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Department 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, Peggy Ann Katz , A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Paige Reese Whitaker , Deputy D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, N.W., 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, for Appellee.

Charles Henry Frier , P.O. Box 8783, Atlanta, Georgia 31106-8783, for Amicus Appellant.


Appellant Elliot Sheard was convicted of murder and associated crimes in connection with the stabbing death of Charles Elder. Sheard now appeals, arguing, as he did in his motion for new trial, that missing portions of his trial transcript render his appeal meaningless.1 In light of a number of factors...

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