Legal Opinion
Perdue v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 4, 2016No. S16A0296PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Presiding Justice.
Shawn Perdue appeals his conviction and sentence for malice murder and the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s infant daughter, Kyliah Mack. He challenges the trial court’s exercise of discretion in denying him a new trial and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Finding the challenge to be without merit, we affirm.
The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. Around 9:00 a.m. on May 21, 2008, Lakeshia Goodwin asked Perdue, her live-in boyfriend, to watch her four-year-old daughter…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
- Gibson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
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