Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 18, 2013No. S12A1909PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Linda Brown appeals from her conviction for the malice murder of her three-year-old son, Garry Brown. Appellant contends that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support her conviction and that her trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to call a medical expert to testify in her defense. We affirm.1

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence showed the following. On the morning of August 10,2004, Garry, who had been in Appellant’s sole care for several days, was taken from his home to a hospital by paramedics…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Long v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  4. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
  5. Hubbard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Stripling v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  2. Parks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2016
  3. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  4. New v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2014
  5. Bates v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021

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