Everett v. State

318 Ga. 697

FINAL COPY S24A0396. EVERETT v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. Jerome Everett was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Keith Nelson.1 Everett contends that the trial court erred by giving an incorrect jury instruction on justification and that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to the State’s use of his prior convictions as impeachment evidence. But the jury instruction, 1 The crimes occurred in the early morning of March 28, 2008. On June 24, 2008, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Everett for…