Ramsay v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
McMurray, Presiding Judge.
Defendant Ramsay appeals his conviction of the offense of armed robbery. Held-.
1. Defendant’s first enumeration of error raises allegations of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. “ ‘In order to prevail defendant must meet two tests: 1) he must show that trial counsel’s performance was deficient in that he made errors so serious that he was not functioning as the “counsel” guaranteed defendant by the Sixth Amendment; 2) defendant must show that the defense was prejudiced by the deficient performance so that defendant was deprived of a fair trial, one whose…
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