WALKER v. STATE

S19A1520.

838 S.E.2d 792 (2020)

WALKER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Allen Adams, Jr. , GRIFFIN CIRCUIT PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE, P. O. Box 1145, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, 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, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Benjamin David Coker , District Attorney, GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. Box 871, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, Brittany Ashton Fallin , A.D.A., GRIFFIN JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. Box 57, Griffin, Georgia 30224, for Appellee.


Appellant Otheron Walker was convicted of malice murder in connection with the beating death of his ten-month-old daughter, Daijah White.1 On appeal, Walker contends that the evidence was insufficient, that the jury was improperly charged, and that trial counsel was ineffective. We affirm.

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