McKinney v. State

307 Ga. 129

FINAL COPY S19A0908. MCKINNEY V. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Presiding Justice. Appellant Sidney McKinney was convicted of malice murder for killing his former girlfriend Deborah Thigpen by beating and strangling her. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred by admitting his conviction for a battery against Thigpen committed three months before the murder as well as evidence of his attack on another former girlfriend 15 years earlier. Appellant also argues that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to the prosecutor’s statements in closing argument…