RICHARDSON v. STATE

S20A0306.

838 S.E.2d 759 (2020)

RICHARDSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angela Brown Dillon , Brown & Gill, LLC, 2107 N. Decatur Road, Suite 741, Decatur, Georgia 30030-0053, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Joshua Mark Geller , Emily Kathleen Richardson , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, Clark Ellison Candler, II , DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, 700 DeKalb County Courthouse, 556 North McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


Sylvester Richardson was tried by a DeKalb County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Christopher Wilson. Richardson appeals, claiming that the trial court erred when it denied a motion for a mistrial and when it admitted evidence that he was involved in a gang. Richardson also...

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