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DEVANNA v. STATE

S21A0990.

864 S.E.2d 409 (2021)

DEVANNA v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 19, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Steel , The Steel Law Firm, P.C., 1800 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Parisia Faith Sarfarazi , Assistant Attorney General, Matthew Blackwell Crowder , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Gerald Lee Henderson , A.D.A., Office of the District Attorney Western Judical Circuit, 325 East Washington Street, Office of District Attorney, Suite 370, Athens, Georgia 30601, Jeffrey Paul Kwiatkowski , A.D.A., Deborah Gonzalez , District Attorney, Western Circuit District Attorney's Office, 325 East Washington St., Third Floor, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Appellee.

After a jury trial in June 2019, Alexander DeVanna was convicted of malice murder and other crimes related to the shooting death of his wife, Casey DeVanna.1 DeVanna appeals, contending that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance under the Sixth...

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