Griffin v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Griffin's convictions and rejected his challenges concerning the jury's review of cell-phone contents, ineffective assistance, the missing cell phone, exclusion of third-party-guilt evidence, and a booking-question statement. The court held that the cell phone was admitted in its entirety without objection, that Griffin failed to show prejudice, that the proposed third-party evidence was too conjectural, and that any Miranda error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. No separate opinions were filed.