WILLIAMS v. STATE

S16A1158.

794 S.E.2d 157 (2016)

WILLIAMS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Michael Thomas , Pataula Public Defenders Office, P.O. Box 668, Colquitt, Georgia 39837, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Thomas Craig Earnest , District Attorney, Ronald Steven Smith , Chief A.D.A., Pataula Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Drawer 30, Cuthbert, Georgia 39840, for Appellee.


Anthony Lashawn Williams appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, and his conviction and sentence for malice murder in connection with the fatal shooting of Jeanette Woodson. He challenges the admission at trial of similar transaction evidence and a portion of the State's closing argument, which he maintains...

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