Thurman v. State

311 Ga. 277

FINAL COPY S21A0392. THURMAN v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Justice. Appellant Derrick Thurman challenges his convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Timothy Hobbs.1 In his sole enumeration of error, Appellant contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to investigate and call Appellant’s grandmother, Bernice Thurman, as an alibi witness. We affirm. 1 Hobbs was killed on June 11, 2016. On February 14, 2017, a DeKalb County grand jury indicted Appellant for malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and…