SPELL v. STATE

S19A0066.

828 S.E.2d 345 (2019)

SPELL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 20, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betsey L. Tate , Attorney General, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council-Appellate Division, 540 W. Lamar Street, 2nd Floor, Katherine Lynn Dodd , Georgia Public Defender Standards Council-Appellate Division, 510 W. Lamar Street, 2nd Floor, Americus, Georgia 31709, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine De-Rosa Emerson , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Andrew J. Ekonomou , Thomas Edwars Buscemi , Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Glynn County Courthouse, 701 H Street, Box 301, Brunswick, Georgia 31520, Jacquelyn Lee Johnson , District Attorney, Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 369, Woodbine, Georgia 31569, for Appellee.


Appellant James Ralph Spell was tried and convicted of two murders, an aggravated battery, an aggravated assault, and two firearm offenses, all in connection with the fatal stabbing of his ex-wife and the fatal shootings of her parents. On appeal, he claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel at trial. We find...

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