Muse v. the State (three Cases)

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the convictions of Muse and the Harris brothers arising from a gang-related shooting, rejecting challenges to evidentiary sufficiency, jury communications, surveillance-video deliberations, discovery violations, severance, ineffective assistance, and the adequacy of the appellate record. The court held that the evidence permitted the jury to find each appellant guilty as a party to the crimes even without proof that each appellant fired or possessed a weapon, and that any jury-communication error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. The court also concluded that the challenged discovery and Brady claims failed because the defendants did not establish the required prejudice, bad faith, suppression, or materiality.