Howard v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Howard's felony-murder conviction and life sentence. It held that the evidence was sufficient to show that Howard shot the victim during an aggravated assault, that counsel was not ineffective for failing to seek suppression of the photo identification because the identification was reliable enough that suppression would not have succeeded, and that any error in excusing a prospective juror did not warrant reversal because Howard did not show that the selected jury was biased or incompetent.