Park v. State

314 Ga. 733

FINAL COPY S22A0735. PARK v. THE STATE. LAGRUA, Justice. Appellant Dongsoo Park (“Appellant”) was convicted of malice murder in connection with the stabbing death of Kwang Ko (“Ko”) in a parking lot after a confrontation between two groups of people.1 On appeal, he contends that (1) the trial court erred by failing to instruct the jury on justification as part of the former suggested pattern jury instruction on mutual combat; (2) his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel; and (3) the trial court 1 Ko was killed on December 8, 2011. On February 29, 2012, a…