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KIRKLAND v. STATE

S23A0942 S23A0943.

898 S.E.2d 536 (2024)

KIRKLAND v. The STATE. Ogletree v. The State.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 20, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Dennis Rhein , Law Offices of Jacob D. Rhein, 265 South Culver Street, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046, for Appellant in S23A0942.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Clint Christopher Malcolm , Assistant Attorney General, Meghan Hobbs Hill , Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1300, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Alex Martin Bernick , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0942.

Brian Vance Patterson , The Law Office of Brian V. Patterson, LLC, 320 East Clayton Street, Suite 412, Athens, Georgia 30601, for Appellant in S23A0943.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Eric Christopher Peters , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Fani T. Willis , District Attorney, Kevin Christopher Armstrong , Senior A.D.A., Alex Martin Bernick , Fulton County District Attorney's Office, 136 Pryor Street SW, Third Floor, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, for Appellee in S23A0943.

A Fulton County jury found co-defendants Mark Kirkland and Kendrick Ogletree guilty of malice murder and other offenses in connection with the arson-related deaths of Deangelo Barbary and Debra Morris.1 Both Kirkland and Ogletree contend that the trial court erred by admitting improper character evidence...

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