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SIMPSON v. STATE

No. S11A0803.

715 S.E.2d 142 (2011)

289 Ga. 685

SIMPSON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Lee Copeland, Savannah, for appellant.

Tom Durden, District Attorney, Gregory M. McConnell, Asst. Dist. Atty., Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Sara Kaur Sahni, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

Appellant Gregory Bernard Simpson appeals from a murder conviction in connection with the stabbing death of Patricia Simmons.1 He asserts, inter alia, that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the trial court's admission of his bloodstained clothes without showing a chain of custody. We find no error and affirm.

Appellant and Simmons had been involved in a troubled relationship. Simmons...

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