STATE v. HAMILTON

S19A1363.

839 S.E.2d 560 (2020)

STATE v. HAMILTON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Gregory W. Edwards , District Attorney, Harold Ronald Moroz , A.D.A., Jeremy R. Hager , Dougherty County District Attorney's Office, 225 Pine Avenue, Room 231, Albany, Georgia 31702, for Appellant.

William Joseph Godfrey , W.J. Godfrey Attorney At Law, LLC, P.O. Box 2321, Albany, Georgia 31702, for Appellee.


This case, which involves Marlina Hamilton's indictment for the murder of her ex-husband, Christopher Donaldson, has been appealed to our Court three times. As explained in more detail below, after Hamilton was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with Donaldson's death in 2010, the trial court granted a motion...

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