Legal Opinion

CUYLER v. the STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 12, 2018No. A17A1804PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Dillard, Chief Judge.

Willie Cuyler appeals his convictions for attempted armed robbery, aggravated assault, first-degree burglary, and related weapons charges, arguing that the trial court erred by denying his motion to sever his trial from that of a co-defendant, failing to grant a mistrial or to give an adequate curative instruction when the victim improperly commented on Cuyler's character, and failing to merge his attempted armed-robbery and aggravated-assault convictions for sentencing purposes. He also contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a mistrial…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Drinkard v. WalkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
  3. Cain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Chapman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  5. Holmes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  3. Julius Raynard Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020
  4. Karimah Elkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  5. Nathaniel Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2020

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