ESPRIT v. THE STATE (Two Cases)

305 Ga. 429

FINAL COPY S18A1074. ESPRIT v. THE STATE. S18A1075. JONES v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Brisean Esprit was convicted of felony murder, appellant Mark Jones was convicted of malice murder, and both were convicted of a firearm offense in connection with the shooting death of Maximillion Stevenson. Esprit’s sole contention on appeal is that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to properly seek admission of statements favorable to Esprit that Jones made during Jones’s truncated attempt to enter a guilty plea just before trial. Jones’s sole…