SMITH v. STATE

S19A0749, S19A0750, S19A0751.

834 S.E.2d 750 (2019)

SMITH, v. The STATE. Hawkins, v. The State. Seay, v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Allen Pflepsen , Woodall and Pflepsen, P.C., 405 W Tift Avenue, Albany, Georgia 31701, for Appellant Smith.

Troy Edward Golden , Dougherty Circuit Public Defender's Office, P.O. Box 1827, Albany, Georgia 31702-1827, for Appellants Hawkins and Seay.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Gregory W. Edwards , District Attorney, Melinda April Wynne , A.D.A., Dougherty County District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 1827, Albany, Georgia 31702, for Appellee.


In February 2010, there was a fight at a nightclub in Albany, followed by a shooting in a nearby parking lot. A patron of the club, LeSheldon Stanford, was killed in the shooting, and a security guard for the club, George Ferguson, was wounded. Three years later, Shanard Smith, Anthony Hawkins, and Shuntavious Seay were tried...

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