State v. THOMAS (And Vice Versa)

311 Ga. 407

FINAL COPY S21A0324, S21Z0325. THE STATE v. THOMAS; and vice versa. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Tyler Thomas was convicted of malice murder and a firearm crime in connection with the fatal shooting of Ashley Brown during a planned drug deal. The trial court granted Thomas’s motion for new trial, however, ruling that the State violated Brady v. Maryland,

373 U.S. 83

( 83 SCt 1194, 10 LE2d 215) (1963), by failing to disclose a deal between the State and its witness Jaleesa Glenn. On appeal, the State argues that the order granting a new trial should be reversed, while Thomas argues in…