GARDNER v. STATE

S20A1183.

852 S.E.2d 574 (2020)

GARDNER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: December 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Craig Head, Jr. , Waycross Judicial Circuit Defender's Office, 605 Church Street, Suite D, Waycross, Georgia 31501, Attorneys for the Appellant.

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, George Elemuel Barnhill , District Attorney, Alexander John Markowich , A.D.A., Waycross Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 306 Albany Avenue, Waycross, Georgia 31501, Attorneys for the Appellee.


A Ware County jury found Reggie Gardner guilty of felony murder in connection with the shooting death of Franklin Wright.1 Gardner appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, contending that his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to request a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter...

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