Legal Opinion
Nations v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 7, 2011No. S11A0848PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HINES, Justice.
David William Nations appeals his convictions for malice murder and aggravated battery in connection with the fatal shooting of Jason Cothren and the wounding of Claude Cothren. He maintains that he was denied due process of law because his convictions were obtained by the use of perjured testimony which was not timely disclosed by the State and because his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. On January 3, 2007, Jason Cothren (“Jason”), his father Claude…
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