VANN v. STATE

S21A0121.

857 S.E.2d 677 (2021)

VANN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: April 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Lawrence Persse , 202 Wedgefield Crossing, Savannah, Georgia 31405, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Mark Samuel Lindemann , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, John B. Johnson, III , A.D.A., Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 611 Mallard Road, Odum, Georgia 31555, Jan Kennedy , A.D.A., Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 37 Tippins Street, Suite C, Baxley, Georgia 31513, Thomas Edward Buscemi , Department of Justice United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 5715 Chestnut Drive, Cumming, Georgia 30040, for Appellee.


An Appling County jury found James Vann guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Tiesha Davis.1 On appeal, Vann contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request a jury instruction on the lesser...

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