Legal Opinion
Potter v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 8, 2001No. S00A2085PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Benham, Chief Justice.
In Potter v. State, 272 Ga. 430 (530 SE2d 275) (2000), we affirmed appellant A1 Maynard Potter’s convictions for felony murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and remanded the case to the trial court for consideration of the issue of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing on the remanded issue and entered an order denying appellant’s motion for new trial based on ineffective assistance of counsel. This appeal is from that order.
In order to prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, a criminal…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Stephens v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Trammel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
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3Cited by15 opinions
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