Scott v. State

317 Ga. 218

FINAL COPY S23A0454. SCOTT v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Appellant Diontye Scott was convicted of malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Antonio Veal.1 On appeal, Scott contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to (1) request an instruction limiting the jury’s 1 The crimes occurred on October 3, 2017. On January 5, 2018, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Scott for malice murder (Count 1), three counts of felony murder (Counts 2, 3, and 4), two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon (Counts 5 and 6), two…