Jackson v. Georgia

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Appellant Zjuantavious Marquis Jackson appealed his convictions for malice murder and other charges related to the shooting death of Detavious Milner at an April 2015 house party in Floyd County, Georgia. He argued on appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court that his trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective when he argued against bifurcating a charge that Appellant possessed a firearm as a convicted felon. Appellant also argued that his post-trial discovery of material evidence requires that he be granted a new trial. The Supreme Court found appellant had not overcome the presumption that trial counsel’s decision to withdraw Appellant’s request for bifurcation was part of an objectively reasonable trial strategy, and Appellant had not satisfied the standard for obtaining a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. View "Jackson v. Georgia" on Justia Law