Supreme Court of Georgia

Prothro v. State

January 29, 2018302 Ga. 769

Summary

The court affirmed Prothro's convictions, holding that he failed to establish ineffective assistance of trial counsel based on counsel's allegedly untimely request for a forensic psychologist. The court concluded that the trial court considered the request on its merits and that the proposed expert testimony would not have created a reasonable probability of a different result, including a verdict for voluntary manslaughter rather than malice murder.