Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 19, 2020No. S20A0786PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
310 Ga. 372
FINAL COPY S20A0786. HARRIS v. THE STATE. WARREN, Justice. A jury found Vincent Martinez Harris guilty of the malice murders of Tina Green-Hall and her six-year-old son, Jeremy Green- Hall.1 On appeal, Harris contends that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting certain evidence and committed plain error by failing to give the jury a limiting instruction regarding that evidence. Harris also contends that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance in various respects. We affirm. 1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, 1 The…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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