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SWANSON v. STATE

S19A0360.

829 S.E.2d 312 (2019)

SWANSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 10, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juwayn Haddad , Haddad Law Group, LLC, 4426 Hugh Howell Road, Suite B504, Tucker, Georgia 30084, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Vanessa Therese Sassano , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Daniel J. Porter , District Attorney, Lee Franklin Tittsworth , A.D.A., John Arthur Warr , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, for Appellee.

A jury found Sean Swanson guilty of felony murder, and of the predicate felony of sale of marijuana, in the shooting death of Noel Reed. On appeal, Swanson contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury charge on use of force in defense of habitation and for withdrawing a request to charge the jury...

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