SINKFIELD v. STATE

S21A0298.

858 S.E.2d 703 (2021)

SINKFIELD v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shayla Joy Galloway , 4206 Terrace Court, Smyrna, Georgia 30082-0000, Christina Paige Rudy , Metro Capital Defenders Office, 270 Washington Street, Suite 5198, Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Christian Garfield Lamar , Metro Capital Defender, 104 Marietta Street, NW, Suite 630, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Leslie Anna Coots , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Paul L. Howard, Jr. , 920 Dannon View SW, Suite 3202, Atlanta, Georgia 30331, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.


Charmon Sinkfield was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Vernon Forrest.1 On appeal, Sinkfield contends that the trial court erred when it denied his pretrial challenge to Fulton County's master jury list and that the "death qualification" process resulted...

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