Legal Opinion

McKinney v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 24, 2005No. A05A0621PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Bernes, Judge.

A Cherokee County jury convicted appellant James Ray McKinney of attempted armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, terroristic threats, and possession of a firearm during the commission of certain crimes. McKinney appeals alleging ineffective assistance of counsel; error in the trial court’s limitation of his cross-examination of a state’s witness; and error in the trial court’s failure to merge all of the other offenses into the attempted armed robbery. We find McKinney’s enumerations of error to be without merit and, therefore, affirm.

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2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. State v. MarloweSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  3. Hambrick v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  4. Howell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981
  5. Phillips v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Stubbs v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
  2. Turner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008

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