Legal Opinion

Guffie v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 27, 2018No. S18A0861Published

1Opinion of the Court

304 Ga. 352

FINAL COPY S18A0861. GUFFIE v. THE STATE. HUNSTEIN, Justice. Following a jury trial, Quantavious Guffie was found guilty of malice murder and various other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Drexel Berry.1 Guffie appeals, raising claims of trial court error and ineffective assistance of counsel; finding no error, we affirm. The underlying facts of this case have already come before this Court in the appeal of Guffie’s co-defendant Freedell Benton, with whom Guffie shared 1 On September 10, 2013, Guffie was indicted for malice murder, felony murder predicated on…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Palmer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  4. Palmer v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2018
  5. Barge v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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