Murray v. State

312 Ga. 863

FINAL COPY S21A1098. MURRAY v. THE STATE. NAHMIAS, Chief Justice. After a jury trial, Appellant Andrew Murray was convicted of malice murder and other crimes related to the shooting death of Paul Sampleton, Jr. Over the course of his motion-for-new-trial proceedings, Murray was appointed three different attorneys, each of whom he rejected. Representing himself at the last hearing on his motion for new trial, Murray purported to be a different person — “Billy Drew Bey” — who was acting as Murray’s attorney, prompting the trial court to enter an order either dismissing or denying…