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PROTHRO v. STATE

S17A1399.

809 S.E.2d 787 (2018)

PROTHRO v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 29, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason W. Swindle, Sr. , Dane M. Garland , Swindle Law Group, P.C., 310 Tanner Street, Carrollton, Georgia 30117, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Anne Cobb Allen , A.D.A., Coweta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 311 Newnan Street, Suite 4104, Carrollton, Georgia 30117, Peter J. Skandalakis , Prosecuting Attorneys Council of Georgia, 1590 Adamson Parkway, 4th Floor, Morrow, Georgia 30260, for Appellee.

After a bench trial, Appellant Anthony Prothro was found guilty of malice murder and other crimes associated with the violent death of his grandfather, Alvin Driver.1 On direct appeal, Prothro claims that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We disagree and affirm.

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