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Frazierv.The State

CourtSupreme Court of Georgia
Docket No.S20A0088
DecidedJune 29, 2020
Reporter309 Ga. 219
JudgesSupreme Court of Georgia
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CriminalCriminal LawCriminal ProcedureMurder & MayhemTales From the CryptSufficiency of the EvidenceEvidenceJury InstructionsIneffective Assistance of Counsel
Case Summary

Frazier was convicted of malice murder and related offenses for the shooting death of Corey Echols. He challenged the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of other-acts evidence, and trial counsel’s failure to request a general justification or coercion instruction. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed. The evidence, including the circumstances of the shooting, supported the convictions. The court held that the other-acts evidence was admissible for the purposes identified by the trial court and that counsel was not ineffective. The record showed that the jury received a coercion instruction, and Frazier did not show that a different justification instruction would have changed the result. The court rejected the remaining claims and concluded that no individual or cumulative error warranted a new trial.

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