Gold v. State

319 Ga. 149

FINAL COPY S24A0445. GOLD v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Appellant Justin Christopher Gold was convicted of malice murder in relation to the stabbing death of Antonio DePass.1 On appeal, Gold argues that the trial court erred in charging the jury on excessive force and that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to evidence of DePass’s good character or to a detective’s testimony about whether Gold’s conduct was 1 DePass died on September 11, 2018. On November 15, 2018, a DeKalb County grand jury indicted Gold for malice murder (Count 1), felony…