GRIFFIN v. STATE

S20A0967.

849 S.E.2d 191 (2020)

GRIFFIN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: September 28, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica Ruth Towne , David Edward Clark , Clark & Towne, P.C., 1755 North Brown Road, Suite 200, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30043, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Penny Mane Penn , District Attorney, Michael Shawn Mahoney , Forsyth County District Attorney's Office, 101 E. Courthouse Square, Ste 2075, Cumming, Georgia 30040, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Attorneys for the Appellee.


A Forsyth County jury found Donald Griffin guilty of felony murder in connection with the stabbing death of Truitt Cheeley.1 Griffin appeals from the order denying his motion for a new trial, contending that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence witness testimony about Griffin's racism...

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