Palmer v. State

318 Ga. 511

FINAL COPY S23A1091. PALMER v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Chief Justice. Appellant Willie Williams Palmer challenges his 2023 convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting deaths of his estranged wife, Brenda Jenkins Palmer, and his 15-year-old stepdaughter, Christine Jenkins. He contends that his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial was violated; that the State’s loss or destruction of potential biological evidence from the crime scene required dismissal for prosecutorial misconduct or an instruction allowing the jury to draw an inference adverse to the…