Madera v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Madera’s malice-murder conviction and life sentence. It held that the trial court properly exercised its discretion on the general-grounds motion, found no reversible plain error in admitting the body-camera footage or recorded recollection, and rejected both ineffective-assistance claims for lack of prejudice or deficient performance. The court also rejected cumulative error because it identified no trial-court error and no prejudicial deficient performance.