BOWEN v. NOEL

S21A1133.

868 S.E.2d 213 (2022)

BOWEN v. NOEL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 19, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellant.

Ashleigh Bartkus Merchant , John B. Merchant, III , The Merchant Law Firm, P.C., 701 Whitlock Avenue Suite J43, Marietta, Georgia 30064, for Appellee.


Rodney Noel was granted habeas relief from his conviction for murdering nine-month-old Terrell Williams ("Terrell"). The habeas court held that Noel's appellate counsel provided ineffective assistance for two related reasons: (1) counsel failed to challenge the trial court's denial of Noel's right to impeach his intimate partner...

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