Mitchell v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseLewis Mitchell Jr. was convicted of malice murder, aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm in commission of a felony, in connection with the 2009 killing of Antonio Jermaine Mitchell (“Jermaine”) and the wounding of Desmond Jones. His amended motion for new trial was denied, and he appealed, asserting that: (1) the evidence was insufficient; (2) that the trial court erred in allowing a State’s witness to be questioned as a hostile witness; and (3) that the trial court erred in allowing speculative testimony from a forensic biologist. As part of the last enumeration, he also alleged he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no reversible error, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Mitchell’s convictions.
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