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#278 - STM Express - He's Dead... Where's My Beer? - Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Small Town Murder

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The Jury's Verdict on Voluntary Manslaughter Is Invalid

The court said that mere speculation about what the evidence would have shown had it actually been obtained doesn't satisfy the requirement of showing prejudice. Also proved to she failed to prove either prong of ineffective assistance of counsel. So they denied her claim there. The state does concede that in light of the jury's finding that she was guilty of voluntary manslaughter, the trial short court should have vacated the jury's guilty verdict on felony murder.

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