NAJI v. STATE

S16A1489 S17A0503.

797 S.E.2d 916 (2017)

NAJI v. The STATE. Naji v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wayne Tarleton , Georgia Public Defender Council, 104 Marietta Street NW Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant in S16A1489.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Scott Orion Teague , Assistant 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, Paige Reese Whitaker, 136 Pryor St SW, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Sheila Elizabeth Gallow , General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, 180 Ted Turner Drive S.W., Suite 332, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S16A1489.

Steven Alexander Miller , Steven A. Miller Law, P.O. Box 619, Summerville, Georgia 30747, for Appellant in S17A0503.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Scott Orion Teague , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Teri Brown Walker, Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, SM., 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Paige Reese Whitaker, 136 Pryor St SW, 3rd Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Sheila Elizabeth Gallow , General Counsel, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Chief Counsel, 180 Ted Turner Drive S.W., Suite 332, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S17A0503.


Appellants, brothers David and Michael Naji, were convicted of murder in connection with the shooting death of Demetrius Hill.1 The trial court denied their amended motions for new trial, and they now appeal. Both brothers assert that the trial court erred in permitting the testimony of a medical examiner...

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