WATTS v. STATE

S20A0251.

841 S.E.2d 686 (2020)

WATTS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Christopher Locke , Locke Law Firm LLC, 1355 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Marc A. Mallon , Senior A.D.A. Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, S.W., 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


After the trial court granted his motion for new trial, Laurence Frantie Watts was retried before a jury in 2010 and was again found guilty of malice murder and related offenses in connection with the 2003 shooting death of Brent Ogletree. His amended motion for new trial after the retrial was denied, and he now appeals, asserting...

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