Legal Opinion
Quinn v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 2, 1997No. S96G1456PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
In Quinn v. State, 221 Ga. App. 399 (471 SE2d 337) (1996), a prosecution for trafficking in cocaine and methamphetamine, the Court of Appeals examined Quinn’s claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress items seized from two vehicles and from his person. The Court of Appeals agreed that counsel’s performance was deficient in this regard; however, it concluded that Quinn was not prejudiced under the second prong of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984), because the motion to suppress would have had…
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