Legal Opinion

Lopez v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided December 7, 2020No. S20A1208PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

310 Ga. 529

FINAL COPY S20A1208. LOPEZ v. THE STATE. MCMILLIAN, Justice. Nicolas Lopez was convicted of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the shooting death of Robert Moon.1 After his convictions, Lopez waived his right to the assistance of counsel. Representing himself, Lopez now appeals, asserting that (1) his trial counsel labored under a conflict of interest; (2) he otherwise received ineffective assistance of 1 Moon was shot and killed on May 26, 2017. On September 18, 2017, a Grady County grand jury indicted Lopez for malice…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Davenport v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  4. White v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2017
  5. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011

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3Cited by13 opinions

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