Guyton v. State

321 Ga. 57

FINAL COPY S25A0408. GUYTON v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Appellant V’Daul Devontae Malik Guyton was convicted of malice murder and other charges in connection with the shooting death of Taurus Thurmond.1 On appeal, Guyton argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his malice murder conviction and that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to object to: (a) the State repeatedly showing 1 Thurmond died on May 11, 2021. On May 27, 2021, a Douglas County grand jury indicted Guyton for malice murder (Count 1), three counts of felony…