ESPRIT v. STATE

S18A1074, S18A1075.

826 S.E.2d 7 (2019)

ESPRIT, v. The STATE. Jones, v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Eric Phillips , OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, ATLANTA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 100 Peachtree Street, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant in S18A1074.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Jason Matthew Rea , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, F. McDonald Wakeford , FULTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 136 Pryor Street, SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, for Appellee.

Daniel Horne Petrey , DEKALB COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, 320 Church Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellant in S18A1075.


Appellant Brisean Esprit was convicted of felony murder, appellant Mark Jones was convicted of malice murder, and both were convicted of a firearm offense in connection with the shooting death of Maximillion Stevenson. Esprit's sole contention on appeal is that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing...

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