Smith v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

On April 7, 1997, Appellant Demetric Andre Smith stabbed his girlfriend Yolanda Bridges to death in her apartment in Fulton County; her body was found next to her crying two-year-old son Darius and her one-year-old daughter. In May 1999, Appellant was convicted of felony murder and cruelty to the child Darius and sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years. This Court affirmed the convictions on direct appeal. See Smith v. State, 275 Ga. 326 (565 SE2d 453) (2002).

On October 22, 2010, Appellant, who is incarcerated in Hancock County, filed a pro se motion in arrest of judgment…