DAVENPORT v. STATE

S21A0295.

859 S.E.2d 52 (2021)

DAVENPORT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 1, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret Onys Rentz , Conger & Smith, LLC, P.O. Box 7457, Bainbridge, Georgia 39818, Gregory Davis Smith , Conger & Smith, LLC, 218 E. Water Street, Bainbridge, Georgia 39817, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr, Attorney General, William C. Enfinger , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Clifford Paul Bowden , District Attorney, Tifton Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 225 North Tift Avenue, 3rd Floor, Tifton, Georgia 31794, for Appellee.


A Tift County jury found Deanthony Davenport guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Willie Bernard Thomas. On appeal, Davenport argues that the evidence presented at trial was insufficient to sustain his convictions; that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance...

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