Legal Opinion
Byron v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 5, 2018No. S17A1555PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NAHMIAS, Justice.
*297Appellant Reno Byron was found guilty of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Virgil White. He claims that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to support the jury's guilty verdicts and that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. Neither of those claims has merit, so we affirm.1
1. (a) Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdicts, the evidence presented at trial showed the following. On the night of July 3, 1999, White was at a club in Tifton with his brother Jason and three other friends. At 1:30 a.m., they…
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