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Jordan v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 22, 2019No. S18A1434PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackwell, Justice.

*338**12Joseph Lashun Jordan was tried by a Richmond County jury and convicted of murder and other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Johnny Luckey.1 On appeal, Jordan contends that he was entitled to a mistrial after the prosecuting attorney accused his lawyer of trying to deceive the jury, and he also claims that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his lawyer was **13absent from the courtroom during a critical stage of the trial. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  4. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Morrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  2. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2022
  3. Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  4. MARTIN v. THE STATE (Two Cases)Supreme Court of Georgia · 2020
  5. Platt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2024

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