JACOBS v. STATE

S19A0723.

832 S.E.2d 363 (2019)

JACOBS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 19, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Steel , THE STEEL LAW FIRM, P.C., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew David O'Brien , Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, George Elemuel Barnhill , District Attorney, Michelle Chapman McIntire , A.D.A., WAYCROSS JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Waycross, Georgia 31501-3551, for Appellee.


Following a jury trial, Betty Jacobs appeals her convictions for the murder of her ex-husband, Davis Jacobs, and possession of a handgun during the commission of a crime, contending that she received ineffective assistance of trial counsel.1 For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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