Jackson v. State

317 Ga. 139

FINAL COPY S23A0628. JACKSON v. THE STATE. PETERSON, Presiding Justice. Joseph Jackson appeals his malice murder conviction for the stabbing death of Claudine Hargrove.1 Jackson argues that (1) the trial court erred in failing to take curative action after the prosecutor commented on his post-arrest silence by questioning him about why he waited until trial to assert that he acted in self-defense; (2) trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a mistrial after this questioning; and (3) the cumulative harm from these errors warrants a new trial. Given the overwhelming…