Ferguson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Justice.
Appellant Joshua Bernard Ferguson was convicted of murder and related offenses in connection with the stabbing deaths of two victims in May 2009. Ferguson appeals, asserting insufficiency of the evidence, erroneous exclusion of evidence, and ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdicts, the evidence adduced at trial established as follows. In the early morning hours of May 20, 2009, a Richmond County Sheriff’s deputy stopped to assist three individuals who had been summoned to help an injured friend.…
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