Legal Opinion
Lloyd v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 20, 1988No. 45619PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunt, Justice.
On the previous appeal of her murder conviction, Bernice Mae Lloyd raised, for the first time, the question of the effectiveness of her trial counsel. Her conviction was affirmed by this court in Lloyd v. State, 257 Ga. 108 (355 SE2d 423) (1987), as to all issues except her ineffective assistance claim which was remanded to the trial court pursuant to our decision in Smith v. State, 255 Ga. 654 (341 SE2d 5) (1986). Lloyd now appeals the trial court’s finding that her trial counsel was effective. The principal issue raised by her appeal is whether the failure of trial counsel to…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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