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STUCKEY v. STATE

S17A1175.

804 S.E.2d 76 (2017)

STUCKEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 14, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy Elaine Draper , CHRISTY E. DRAPER, L.L.C., P.O. Box 399, Douglasville, Georgia 30133, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Emily Kathleen Richardson , A.D.A., Rachel Dawn Ackley , A.D.A., DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 8700 Hospital Drive, 2nd Floor, Douglasville, Georgia 30134, Brian Keith Fortner , District Attorney, DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 8700 Hospital Drive, 3rd Floor, Douglasville, Georgia 30134-2264, for Appellee.

Appellant Dominique Javonte Stuckey was convicted of malice murder and first-degree arson after he killed his grandmother, Velma Stuckey, and set her and her house on fire. In this appeal, he claims that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance in four ways. None of those claims has merit, and we affirm.

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