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BENTLEY v. STATE

S19A0696.

834 S.E.2d 549 (2019)

BENTLEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 7, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Lee Sparger , 1111 Bull Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Margaret Ellen Heap , District Attorney, Christine Sieger Barker , A.D.A., EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P. O. Box 2309, Savannah, Georgia 31402, Jennifer Leigh Parker , A.D.A., OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY EASTERN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 133 Montgomery Street, Ste 600, Savannah, Georgia 31401, for Appellee.

Appellant Maurice Bentley was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with a shooting that killed Michael Polite and injured Angela Johnson. Appellant contends on appeal that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to an autopsy photograph, failing to stipulate to Appellant...

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