Stinchcomb v. State

308 Ga. 870

FINAL COPY S20A0355. STINCHCOMB v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. At a 2004 trial, a jury found Appellant Mario Stinchcomb guilty of felony murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the shooting death of Jakesha Young. This Court affirmed Stinchcomb’s convictions on direct appeal. See Stinchcomb v. State,

280 Ga. 170

( 626 SE2d 88) (2006). In 2018, Stinchcomb filed an extraordinary motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence, which the trial court denied without the benefit of an evidentiary hearing.1 This Court thereafter granted Stinchcomb’s…