Gadson v. State

303 Ga. 871

FINAL COPY S18A0123. GADSON v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Justice. Appellant Joseph Gadson and his brother Nkosi Gadson were tried together and found guilty of the murder of Amady Seydi and other crimes committed against Seydi and his girlfriend Tarah Medsker over the span of three weeks in the fall of 2005. Appellant contends that the trial court committed plain error with regard to one burglary charge by failing to instruct the jury on the State’s burden of proof when the evidence of a crime is wholly circumstantial. He also contends that he cannot obtain full and fair appellate review…