SNIPES v. STATE

S20A0934.

848 S.E.2d 417 (2020)

SNIPES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 8, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Allen Adams, Jr. , Griffin Circuit Public Defender Office, P. O. Box 1145, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant 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, Benjamin David Coker , District Attorney, Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 871, Thomaston, Georgia 30286, Elizabeth A. Baker , A.D.A., Fayette County District Attorney's Office, Griffin Judicial Circuit, One Center Drive, Fayetteville, Georgia 30214, Attorneys for the Appellee.


Chiquita Snipes was convicted of the malice murder of Ty'Qwan Edge, a two-year-old child in her care.1 She appeals from the denial of her motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the trial court's jury charge, and trial counsel's performance on several grounds. For the reasons...

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