WARD v. STATE

S23A0139 S23A0140.

888 S.E.2d 75 (2023)

WARD v. The STATE. Dewberry v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 16, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Teri Lynn Doepke , The Doepke Law Firm, LLC, 4115 Tate Street, NE, Covington, Georgia 30014, for Appellant in S23A0139.

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, Bobby Lee Christine , District Attorney, Kevin Richard Majeska , A.D.A., Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 7045 Evans Town Ctr Blvd, 4th Floor, Evans, Georgia 30809, Alex Martin Bernick , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0139.

James S.V. Weston , The Weston Law Firm, P. O. Box 2711, Augusta, Georgia 30914, for Appellant in S23A0140.

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, Bobby Lee Christine , District Attorney, Kevin Richard Majeska , A.D.A., Columbia Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 7045 Evans Town Ctr Blvd, 4th Floor, Evans, Georgia 30809, Jared Tolton Williams , District Attorney, Augusta Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 735 James Brown Boulevard, Suite 2400, Augusta, Georgia 30901, Alex Martin Bernick , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0140.


Appellants Michael Ward and Frederick Dewberry were convicted of malice murder and felony murder in connection with the stabbing death of Antonio Wiley and aggravated assault in connection with the stabbing of Wydreicus Denison.1 On appeal, Ward contends that...

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