Legal Opinion
Patel v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 19, 2005No. S05A0941PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Viral Patel was convicted of felony murder with aggravated assault as the underlying felony in connection with the shooting death of Tyree Garrett. Patel’s conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Patel v. State, 278 Ga. 403 (603 SE2d 237) (2004). Appellate counsel, who did not enter an appearance in the case until after the notice of appeal had been filed, raised a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Id. at 408 (9). Because that was the first practicable time for Patel to have asserted the claim, we remanded the case to the trial court to afford him the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Roulain v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Domingues v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Benham v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
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3Cited by27 opinions
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