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RAYTON v. STATE

S22A0441.

875 S.E.2d 708 (2022)

RAYTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 22, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest Geoffrey Pearce , Pearce, LLC, 3500 Parkway Lane, Suite 305, Peachtree Corners, Georgia 30092, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Emily Rebecca Polk , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder , Deputy D.A., Juliana Sleeper , A.D.A., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street, 4th Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee.

A Fulton County jury found Joe Rayton guilty of murder in the shooting death of Antonio Ladson.1 Rayton contends that the trial court erred by refusing his request for a jury instruction on voluntary manslaughter. Additionally, Rayton contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel by...

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