COOK v. STATE

S21A0568.

862 S.E.2d 510 (2021)

COOK v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: August 24, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juwayn Haddad , Haddad Law Group, LLC, 4426 Hugh Howell Road, Suite B5G4, Tucker, Georgia 30084, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, 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, for Appellee.


Charles Cook was tried by a Fulton County jury and convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Salanto Winfrey. On appeal, Cook contends that the trial court erred when it precluded him from presenting evidence of Winfrey's prior violent acts toward...

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