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SIMMONS v. STATE

No. S11A0872.

716 S.E.2d 165 (2011)

289 Ga. 773

SIMMONS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deah Brittny Warren, Chaunda Brock, Austell, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Paige Reese Whitaker, Marc A. Mallon, Asst. Dist. Attys., Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary K. Ware, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Artez Simmons appeals his conviction for murdering Antoine Tolbert. He argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict and that his trial counsel was ineffective in several ways. We affirm.

1. (a) The evidence at trial, viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, showed the following.1 On the evening of July 7, 2007, Brianna Jones hosted several people in her Fulton County apartment: her...

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