Luckie v. Berry

305 Ga. 684

FINAL COPY S19A0100. LUCKIE v. BERRY. BOGGS, Justice. In this habeas case, Patrick Luckie challenges his 2005 convictions for unlawfully possessing heroin with intent to distribute and for abandoning a controlled substance in a public place. The judge at Luckie’s criminal trial denied his motion to preclude the State from asking defense witness Gerald Hurst about Hurst’s pending charge of unlawfully possessing heroin with intent to distribute.1 Luckie had new counsel on appeal, who argued that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the cross- examination, because Hurst’s…