Legal Opinion

Christian Hughes v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided March 12, 2018No. A17A1413; A17A1414PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bethel, Judge.

*366 Christian Hughes and Blaise Harris were indicted and tried jointly 1 on two counts of armed robbery and three counts of aggravated assault stemming from a late-evening robbery of a pizzeria. They now appeal from their convictions and the denial of their motions for new trial. In Case No. A17A1413, Hughes argues that the State did not present sufficient evidence to support the charges against him and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel did not move to suppress certain evidence obtained after his arrest. In Case No. A17A1414, Harris also…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Wright v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012
  3. Hughes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  4. Reid v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  5. Batten v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2014

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Blaise D'Vante Harris v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2019
  2. Christian Evans Hughes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2022
  3. Stephon Maurice Best v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2022

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