Sinkfield v. State

2 Citing cases

  1. Moody v. State

    316 Ga. 490 (Ga. 2023)   Cited 2 times
    Explaining that when a defendant fails to object to the admission of evidence at trial, "we apply the four-pronged [plain error] analysis articulated in State v. Kelly"

    Since Ricks we have explained that "the primary objective of the JCR — to ensure that each county master jury list is ‘no less than 85% inclusive’ of the county's adult population — is a prophylactic measure that is not tied to any specific constitutional or statutory mandate." Sinkfield v. State , 311 Ga. 524, 529 (1), 858 S.E.2d 703 (2021). When a violation of the JCR is shown before trial, a defendant may be able to obtain pretrial relief requiring the JCR to be followed in his trial regardless of any showing of harm.

  2. Payne v. State

    314 Ga. 322 (Ga. 2022)   Cited 41 times
    Holding counsel was not deficient where appellant "offer[ed] no evidence in support of this claim other than suggesting that additional investigation could have led to exculpatory evidence"

    Structural errors are not subject to harmless error review; they are cause for "automatic" reversal. Sinkfield v. State , 311 Ga. 524, 527-528 (1), 858 S.E.2d 703 (2021) ; see also Alexander v. State , 313 Ga. 521, 526 (2), 870 S.E.2d 729 (2022). But we need not decide whether the trial court's handling of matters related to Armour's brother constituted a structural error.