COAST v. STATE

S19A0180.

826 S.E.2d 78 (2019)

COAST, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: March 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawrence Persse , OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER, EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 222 West Oglethorpe Avenue, Fifth Floor, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Margaret Ellen Heap , District Attorney, Isabel M. Pauley , A.D.A., OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, P. O. Box 2309, Savannah, Georgia 31402, Bradley Robert Thompson , A.D.A., OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Chatham County Courthouse, 133 Montgomery Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellee.


Following a jury trial, Jerome Coast was convicted of malice murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon during the commission of a crime in connection with the shooting death of Michael James.1 Coast appeals, contending that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his request...

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