RICHARDS v. STATE

S19A0913.

833 S.E.2d 96 (2019)

RICHARDS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Horne Petrey , Dekalb County Public Defender's Office, 320 Church Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, Roderick B. Wilkerson , A.D.A., Joshua Mark Geller , Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 North McDonough Street, Decatur, Georgia 30030, Peter Keith Johnson , A.D.A., Dekalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 N McDonough Street, Suite 700, DeKalb, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


Appellant Abijah Richards was convicted of malice murder and associated offenses arising out of the shooting death of Leevon Daniels.1 On appeal, Appellant claims only that trial counsel was ineffective. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence...

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