GRIFFIN v. STATE

S21A0448.

858 S.E.2d 688 (2021)

GRIFFIN v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Christopher Locke , Locke Law Firm LLC, 750 Piedmont Avenue NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30308, for 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, Deborah D. Wellborn , A.D.A., Sherry Boston , District Attorney, DeKalb County District Attorney's Office, 556 North McDonough Street, Suite 700, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


Rufus Griffin appeals his convictions for the malice murder of Kerry Freeman and related offenses, contending, among other things, that the trial court made certain evidentiary errors and that trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance.1 We affirm.

1. In relevant part...

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