Legal Opinion

CLARY v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 26, 2018No. A17A1593Published

1Opinion of the Court

Doyle, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Chelsea Brooke Clary was convicted of two counts of first-degree arson, 1 concealing the death of another, 2 and three counts of theft by bringing stolen property into the State. 3 Clary appeals the subsequent denial of her motion for new trial, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; trial counsel was ineffective; and the trial court erred by failing to give a curative instruction following improper closing argument by the State. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On appeal, the

appellant is no longer presumed…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. O'NEAL v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Bell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982

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