Newton v. State

308 Ga. 863

FINAL COPY S20A0259. NEWTON v. THE STATE. BLACKWELL, Justice. Cedric Newton, Jr., was tried by a Bibb County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Udondra Hargrove. On appeal, Newton claims that the trial court erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence of two out-of-court identifications. He also contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. Finding no error, we affirm.1 1 Hargrove was killed on October 8, 2010. On April 1, 2014, a Bibb County grand jury indicted Newton, charging him with murder…