Wadley v. State

Gregory, Justice.

We remanded this murder conviction in Wadley v. State, 257 Ga. 280 (357 SE2d 588) (1987), on the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court considered the issue and found that former counsel rendered effective assistance. Wadley appeals.

Wadley contends his attorney at trial was ineffective because he failed to preserve an issue for appeal. The trial judge did not charge the jury on the crime of voluntary manslaughter. The attorney made no exception to the charge and failed to reserve the right to do so later. Because of this procedural default we refused to…