Waters v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Waters’s convictions, holding that the evidence was constitutionally sufficient to support felony murder and the jury was authorized to reject his insanity defense. The court also held that the trial judge properly exercised discretion in denying the motion for new trial on the general grounds. Waters failed to establish ineffective assistance because counsel’s decision not to obtain an insanity expert was reasonable trial strategy, and Waters presented no evidence showing prejudice from the failure to obtain a medication-side-effects expert.