HARDY v. STATE

S23A0443.

893 S.E.2d 893 (2023)

HARDY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 24, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Steel , The Steel Law Firm, P.C., 1800 Peachtree Street, N.W., Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Patsy A. Austin-Gatson , District Attorney, Christopher Mark DeNeve , A.D.A., Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office, 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, for Appellee.


In November 2021, Deveric Hardy was convicted of malice murder for the November 2016 shooting death of Kyree Smith.1 He appeals that conviction, arguing that his trial counsel provided constitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to introduce evidence that Smith had a violent character and by failing...

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