Atkinson v. Georgia

Jerrick Atkinson was tried by jury and found guilty of malice murder, aggravated assault, attempted armed robbery, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and various other offenses in connection with the shooting death of Wayne Edwards. In his pro se appeal, Atkinson raised thirty separate enumerations of error relating to the sufficiency of the evidence, his sentence, and other matters that transpired before and at trial and during his sentencing, and he raised twenty-three separate grounds of alleged ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed Atkinson’s convictions, but it also vacated a portion of his sentence in order to rectify an issue relating to the merger of certain counts against him for sentencing purposes. View "Atkinson v. Georgia" on Justia Law