MADDOX v. STATE

S21A0967.

869 S.E.2d 442 (2022)

MADDOX v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 15, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Monroe , John Monroe Law, PC, 156 Robert Jones Road, Dawsonville, Georgia 30534, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30306, for Appellee.


A jury convicted Sovensky Maddox of the malice murder of Lafayette Smith. Maddox's jury trial was conducted simultaneously with the bench trial of his co-defendant, Jason Evans. Evans was acquitted. Maddox appeals, contending that the trial court erred by simultaneously holding a bench trial for his co-defendant while holding a...

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