Palmer v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Palmer’s convictions, holding that his speedy-trial claim failed under the applicable post-retrial period and balancing analysis. The court also rejected his due-process and spoliation claims concerning lost biological evidence, his constitutional challenge to the exclusion of historical-bias evidence, and his claim that evidence of a later shooting supported third-party guilt. Because Palmer showed no trial error, the court found cumulative-error analysis inapplicable.