Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 21, 1994No. A94A1720PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Williams appeals his conviction of the offenses of armed robbery and obstruction of a law enforcement officer. The sole enumeration of error maintains that defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Held:

Defendant’s allegations of ineffective counsel are without merit. In order to prevail on such a contention, a criminal defendant must show that trial counsel was deficient and that the deficiency created a reasonable probability of a different result in the verdict., Lajara v. State, 263 Ga. 438, 440 (3) (435 SE2d 600); Hall v. State,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Lajara v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  2. Powell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Hall v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Gazaway v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Slade v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1998
  2. Parker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
  3. Mency v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
  4. Crawford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  5. Nealy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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