RICH v. STATE

S19A1492.

838 S.E.2d 255 (2020)

RICH, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Earl White , 329 Margie Drive, Suite 2D, Warner Robbins, Georgia 31088, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew Min-soo Youn , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Clifford Paul Bowden , District Attorney, Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 225 North Tift Avenue, 3rd Floor, Tifton, Georgia 31794, for Appellee.


In 2016, Deonta Rashad Rich was convicted of murdering Sylvester Downs and kidnapping Taquoya Rogers. Rich now challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions, argues that the trial court erred by denying his motion for new trial while sitting as the thirteenth juror, and contends that his trial counsel was...

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