Legal Opinion
Cleveland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 9, 2009No. S08G1371PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEARS, Chief Justice.
In 2005, a Harris County jury convicted Sean David Cleveland of methamphetamine possession and related crimes. The trial court sentenced him to twenty years in prison with ten years to serve, and Cleveland filed a motion for new trial and amended motion for new *143trial. The trial court denied the motion, rejecting Cleveland’s claim that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because he would have accepted a plea offer but for his counsel’s deficient performance. The Court of Appeals affirmed.1 We granted certiorari to decide whether the Court of Appeals…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Roe v. Flores-OrtegaSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by35 opinions
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