SMITH v. STATE

S17A0139.

801 S.E.2d 18 (2017)

SMITH, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 5, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell Brinnett Reynolds, Sr. , Darrell B. Reynolds, P.C., 2385 Lawrenceville Highway, Suite D, Decatur , Georgia 30033, for Appellant.

Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Fourth Floor, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Harold R Banke Justice Center, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee.


A Clayton County jury found appellant Dale El Smith guilty of felony murder and two counts of cruelty to a person age 65 or older in connection with the death of Arthur Pelham. On appeal, Smith argues that there was insufficient evidence to support her convictions and that she received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial....

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