SWANN v. STATE

S20A0767.

850 S.E.2d 137 (2020)

SWANN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven Eric Phillips , Anna Joseph Kurien , Office of the Public Defender, 100 Peachtree Street Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Paula Khristian Smith , Christopher M. Carr , Mark Samuel Lindemann , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard , Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Aslean Zachary Eaglin , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, S.W. 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


Appellant Dakota Swann challenges his 2014 convictions for murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Shannon Williams. Appellant argues that trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to fully investigate an earlier shooting incident involving Appellant or to utilize it at trial and for not...

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