SHARPE v. STATE

S20A1399.

850 S.E.2d 54 (2020)

SHARPE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry Mack Taylor , T. Mack Taylor, LLC, 7013 Evans Town Center Boulevard, Suite 501, Evans, Georgia 30809, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Samuel H. Altman , District Attorney, John Alexander Fitzner, III , Chief A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, PO Box 590, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401-0590, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Michael Alexander Oldham , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Attorneys for the Appellee.


In July 2017, an Emanuel County jury found David Lee Sharpe guilty of felony murder and other related crimes in connection with the shooting death of Devonte Coney.1 Sharpe now asserts that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel because...

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