Supreme Court of Georgia
Gadson v. the State.
June 18, 2018815 S.E.2d 828
Summary
The court affirmed Joseph Gadson's convictions for murder and related offenses. It held that although the trial court plainly erred by omitting a circumstantial-evidence instruction for the first burglary, the omission did not likely affect the verdict because the charge as a whole adequately addressed reasonable hypotheses, presence, and association. The court also held that the loss of five trial documents did not warrant a new trial because Gadson failed to show specific harm or that the omissions prevented appellate review.