Courtland Smith v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ July 08, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A26A2277. COURTLAND SMITH v. THE STATE. Courtland Smith was convicted of felony murder and related offenses. The Supreme Court affirmed the verdicts in Smith v. State,

297 Ga. 667

( 777 SE2d 453) (2015), though it concluded that the trial court erred in sentencing Smith on one count that should have merged with the murder count, and thus vacated that portion of Smith’s sentence. In 2026, Smith filed a motion to file an out-of- time motion for new trial. The…