Legal Opinion
Woods v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided August 24, 2021No. S21A0862PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
312 Ga. 405
FINAL COPY S21A0862. WOODS v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Presiding Justice. After a 2013 jury trial, Alexander Woods III was convicted of five counts of malice murder and given five consecutive life sentences in connection with the 2004 shooting deaths of four members of the Resendez family and their housekeeper. Woods’ motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals, enumerating nine alleged instances of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons stated below, we vacate the trial court’s order denying Woods’ motion for new trial, and we remand the case for the trial court to…
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