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HIGHTOWER v. STATE

S22A0870.

883 S.E.2d 335 (2023)

HIGHTOWER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: January 18, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica M. Sully , Atlanta Circuit Public Defender's Office, 100 Peachtree Street, NW, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Stephen Randall Scarborough , Office of the Public Defender, 100 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 1600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Ruth M. Pawlak , A.D.A., Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Simone Nathania Hylton , A.D.A., Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , General Counsel, FSIG, 41 Islanders Retreat, Savannah, Georgia 31411, for Appellee.

Michelle Antoinette Hightower was charged with malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Michael McGee on September 5, 2017. Hightower's trial on these charges began in the Superior Court of Fulton County on March 9, 2020, and four days later, on March 13, after the Chief Judge of the Atlanta Judicial...

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