STATE v. THOMAS

S21A0324 S21X0325.

858 S.E.2d 52 (2021)

The STATE v. THOMAS. Thomas v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 3, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Mathew Eli Plott , A.D.A., Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant in S21A0324.

Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg , Marcia Gail Shein , Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg, 2392 North Decatur Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033, Howard Jarrett Weintraub , 1355 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1250, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, Benjamin Black Alper , The Law Offices of Howard J. Weintraub, P.C., 1355 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 1250, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellee in S21A0324.

Elizabeth Ann Brandenburg , Law Firm of Shein & Brandenburg, 2392 North Decatur Road, Decatur, Georgia 30033, Howard Jarrett Weintraub , 1355 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 1250, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant in S21X0325.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Mathew Eli Plott , A.D.A., Office of the Fulton County District Attorney, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S21X0325.


Tyler Thomas was convicted of malice murder and a firearm crime in connection with the fatal shooting of Ashley Brown during a planned drug deal. The trial court granted Thomas's motion for new trial, however, ruling that the State violated Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct...

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