Legal Opinion
Williams v. Moody
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 5, 2010No. S10A0103PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Justice.
Appellee Jammie K. Moody was convicted of armed robbery and aggravated battery in Coffee County and sentenced to a 20-year term of imprisonment in 2002. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion. Moody v. State, 271 Ga. App. XXV (2005). Moody filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of Chatham County where he asserted he was not afforded his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel at trial and on appeal. See Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U. S. 387 (105 SC 830, 83 LE2d 821) (1985); McAuliffe v. Rutledge, 231 Ga.…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Mickens v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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