Legal Opinion
Battles v. Chapman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 14, 1998No. S98A0734PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
We granted Joseph Battles a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. Because we agree with Battles that his appellate counsel’s performance was deficient and that there is a reasonable probability that counsel’s error prejudiced the defense, we reverse the habeas court’s ruling.
1. The United States Supreme Court in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984) established the standard for ineffective assistance of counsel, and though the opinion is phrased in terms of ineffective assistance of trial…
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