Supreme Court of Georgia

Thompson v. the State.

June 29, 2018816 S.E.2d 646

Summary

The court affirmed Thompson's convictions after rejecting challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, indictment and arraignment procedures, jury selection, evidentiary rulings, alleged judicial and witness misconduct, and the denial of a mistrial. The court held that the evidence supported the convictions, that most unpreserved claims failed under plain-error review, and that the preserved claims lacked merit or were untimely. The court did not address the merits of Thompson's unsupported constitutional claim concerning the interview evidence.