Legal Opinion

Birdow v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 4, 2019No. S18A1154PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bethel, Justice.

**48Mark Birdow appeals from his convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the 2010 death of Angela Woods.1 He argues that the State failed to produce sufficient evidence at trial to overcome his claim of self-defense, that the trial court erred by excluding the testimony of an expert psychologist Birdow planned to call to testify about his behavior following Woods' death, that the trial court failed to provide him with appropriate technology that would have allowed him to hear the trial proceedings, and that his trial counsel was ineffective in several…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. McNair v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014
  5. Batten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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3Cited by15 opinions

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