Legal Opinion
Fernandez v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided June 22, 1984No. 67987PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Presiding Judge.
Damon Fernandez appeals his conviction for the offense of burglary. He does not contest the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction but assigns error in the refusal of the court to grant him a continuance and alleges that the court denied him the right to effective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and similar provisions of the Georgia Constitution.
When the trial started, Fernandez asked the Court: “Am I going to be tried without an attorney? BY THE COURT: Yes, sir. You’ve been…
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- Clarke v. ZantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1981
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