Legal Opinion

Bass v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 26, 2009No. S08G0592PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

674 S.E.2d 255 (2009)

BASS

v.

The STATE.

No. S08G0592.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 26, 2009.

Reconsideration Denied March 9, 2009.

Brian Steel, The Steel Law Firm, P.C., Atlanta, for appellant.

Charles M. Ferguson, District Attorney, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

We granted a writ of certiorari to address whether the Court of Appeals correctly analyzed the ineffective assistance of counsel claim made by appellant Ronald Bass based on defense counsel's failure to object when the trial court allowed the county sheriff, who was the lead investigative officer and witness for the State, to…

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2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Turner v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Hudson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  4. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1979
  5. State v. NicholsonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 2002

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