Higginbotham v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Brandon Higginbotham was convicted of the 2006 malice murder of Pierre King in Calhoun, Georgia, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was also convicted of use of a weapon while a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and received terms of years to be served consecutively to each other and to the life sentence for the malice murder conviction. On appeal, he contends he did not receive effective assistance of trial counsel, the State did not provide him with material and exculpatory evidence prior to trial, his constitutional…