SIMPKINS v. STATE

S18A0063.

814 S.E.2d 289 (2018)

SIMPKINS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Santos Fleischman , Ross & Pines, LLC, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Samuel H. Altman , District Attorney, Kelly Anne Jenkins , A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Swainsboro, 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, Atlanta, Attorneys for the Appellee.


Appellant Damien Simpkins was found guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the June 2013 shooting death of Kenneth Quarterman, Jr.1 On appeal, Simpkins asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to evidence of a non-testifying codefendant's statements that...

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