Legal Opinion
Mitchell v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 10, 2020No. S19A1147PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
307 Ga. 855
FINAL COPY S19A1147. MITCHELL v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. Sandy Mitchell, Jr., was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Byron Brown.1 On appeal, Mitchell contends that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to object to certain trial testimony from a detective in this case on the grounds that it was improper expert opinion, and that other testimony offered by the same detective was 1 The crimes occurred on September 23, 2012. On February 4, 2015, a Muscogee County grand jury indicted Mitchell for the malice…
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