HUGHES v. STATE

S20A1309.

851 S.E.2d 580 (2020)

HUGHES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 16, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Laverne Copeland , Kimberly L. Copeland & Associates, LLC, P. O. Box 1091, Jesup, Georgia 31598, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew David O'Brien , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Margaret Ellen Heap , District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit, P. O. Box 2309, Savannah, Georgia 31402, Bradley Robert Thompson , A.D.A., Office of the District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit, Chatham County Courthouse, 133 Montgomery Street, Savannah, Georgia 31401, Attorneys for the Appellee.


Following a jury trial, Lawrence B. Hughes appeals his convictions for the felony murder of Jamon Epps and related offenses, contending that the evidence was insufficient, that the trial court made certain evidentiary and charging errors, and that trial counsel was constitutionally...

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