Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 3, 2008No. S08A1496, S08A1581PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEARS, Chief Justice.
In 2007, a DeKalb County jury convicted Anthony Maurice Smith and Vernon Lightburn of malice murder and related crimes arising out of the shooting death of Rodney Gresham and the kidnapping of his live-in bodyguard and chef, Bosheal “Bo” Morris. Smith and Lightburn claim their trial attorneys rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel by failing to object to improper argument in the prosecutor’s closing and the presence in the jury room of two sign language interpreters. Smith argues in addition that his lawyer was ineffective in failing to call a…
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