TOLBERT v. STATE

S19A1579.

839 S.E.2d 592 (2020)

TOLBERT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Paul Sharp , Sharp Georgia Law Firm, Smyrna, Georgia 30080, 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, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Julia Anne Fessenden Slater , District Attorney, Benjamin E. Gephardt , Chattahoochee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Columbus, Georgia 31902-1340, for Appellee.


In 2005, Appellant Contresstis Tolbert and his co-defendant Jeremy Butts were found guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Robert Funderburk. In this long-delayed appeal, Appellant contends that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress his post-arrest statements...

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