BROOKS v. STATE

S18A1282.

826 S.E.2d 45 (2019)

BROOKS, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Rogers Dixson, III , DIXSON LAW LLC, 229 Peachtree St. NE, International Tower — Suite 450, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Elizabeth Haase Brock , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30384, Daniel Patrick Bibler , Deputy Chief A.D.A., George Herbert Hartwig, III , District Attorney, HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 201 North Perry Parkway, Perry, Georgia 31069, for Appellee.


Appellant Nicholas Brooks was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Jason Blount. Appellant contends that the evidence presented at his trial was legally insufficient to overcome his defense of coercion; that the prosecutor committed misconduct by introducing into evidence...

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