BROWN v. STATE

S17A1755.

809 S.E.2d 742 (2018)

BROWN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 29, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Tavis Winheim , Sumter County Public Defenders Office, 510 West Lamar Street, 2nd Floor, Americus, Georgia 31709, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, Aimee F. Sobhani , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Plez Higdon Hardin , District Attorney, Southwestern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1328, Americus, Georgia 31709, for Appellee.


Appellant Patricia Ann Brown was convicted of murder and related offenses in connection with the beating death of Eugene Clark. On appeal, Brown contends that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective. Though we conclude that Brown was erroneously sentenced, we otherwise affirm.1

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