BROWN v. STATE

S20A0782.

847 S.E.2d 152 (2020)

BROWN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Mattes , P.O.Box 5952, Athens, Georgia 30604, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Paula Khristian Smith , Christopher M. Carr , Eric Christopher Peters , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Sq SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Brian Vance Patterson , Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 325 East Washington Street Room 370, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Appellee.


Melvin Louis Brown, Jr. was tried by an Athens-Clarke County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Javious Tucker and wounding of Cyntrelis Boggs. Brown appeals, claiming that the trial court plainly erred in its jury charge on his justification defense and when it admitted in...

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