Supreme Court of Georgia
Taylor v. State
June 21, 2021312 Ga. 1
Summary
The court affirmed Taylor’s convictions for felony murder and aggravated assault, rejecting challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, admission of post-invocation statements, denial of a speedy-trial plea in bar, the conspiracy instruction, and three ineffective-assistance claims. The court held that the evidence supported Taylor’s participation in the crimes, that any assumed Miranda-related error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the challenged trial decisions were either reasonable strategy or nonprejudicial.