Supreme Court of Georgia
Winters v. the State.
February 19, 2018810 S.E.2d 496
Summary
The court affirmed Winters's convictions, holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for allowing the State to introduce a previously suppressed portion of her custodial statements and that Winters failed to establish prejudice from counsel's handling of documents seized under a search warrant. The court also held that the jury instruction on mistake of fact did not constitute plain error because the asserted mistake was inseparable from the defense-of-habitation claim, which was fully and properly covered by the instructions.