Legal Opinion
Revere v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 13, 2017No. S17A0806PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELTON, Presiding Justice.
Following a jury trial, Jermaine Revere was found guilty of murder and various other offenses in connection with the stabbing death of Angelo Patterson.1 In his sole enumeration on appeal, Revere contends that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm.
*451. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that Patterson ran a nonprofit organization that provided assistance to released felons who were attempting to reintegrate into society. Revere was one of the released felons to whom Patterson was serving as a mentor. On August…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Malcolm v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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3Cited by22 opinions
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