Legal Opinion

Yizar v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided July 6, 1993No. S93A0716PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

When we initially entertained appellant’s appeal from his conviction for malice murder, we affirmed the judgment of conviction and remanded the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on the issues of ineffectiveness of trial counsel and post-conviction counsel, *313and a determination of those issues by the trial court under the standards of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984). See Yizar v. State, 262 Ga. 33 (413 SE2d 448) (1992). After conducting a two-day hearing on the matter in December 1992, the trial court issued an order…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Wharton v. ThomasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
  3. Yizar v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Yizar v. AultSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995

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