Supreme Court of Georgia
Madera v. State
March 5, 2024318 Ga. 593
Summary
The court affirmed Madera’s convictions and life sentence for malice murder, rejecting challenges to the general grounds, admission of body-camera footage, admission of a recorded recollection, trial counsel’s effectiveness, and cumulative error. It held that the trial court properly exercised its discretion on the general grounds, that the evidentiary claims failed under plain-error review, and that Madera established neither deficient performance nor prejudice sufficient to support ineffective-assistance relief. The opinion contains no separate writings.