Thompson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
GRANT, Justice.
A Fulton County jury found appellant Eric Thompson guilty of two counts of malice murder in connection with the deaths of Andre *534Geddis and Melody Keller.1 On appeal, Thompson contends that the trial court erred by admitting certain evidence, including character evidence and hearsay evidence, and denying his motion for continuance. Thompson also challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the guilty verdicts and alleges that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to a portion of the State’s closing argument. We agree that some of the challenged…
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