Middlebrooks v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseDeshaun Middlebrooks appealed his convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with the 2017 shooting death of Quintavious Barber and the aggravated assault of Keundre Chappell. On appeal, Middlebrooks contended the trial court erred in denying his motion to exclude evidence of gang activity, and that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Because Middlebrooks’ conviction for the aggravated assault of Barber should have merged into the malice murder conviction, the Georgia Supreme Court vacated the conviction and sentence for that count. Otherwise, the convictions were affirmed.
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