Legal Opinion
Schofield v. Meders
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 12, 2006No. S06A0579, S06X0581PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
Jimmy Fletcher Meders was convicted of the 1987 armed robbery and murder of a convenience store clerk and was sentenced to death. On direct appeal this Court addressed several alleged trial court errors but did not complete our review because Meders had obtained new counsel during the pendency of the appeal; thus, we remanded the case to the trial court for a hearing on his claim that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Meders v. State, 260 Ga. 49 (389 SE2d 320) (1990). On remand, appellate counsel was replaced by current counsel and a hearing was…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Smith v. FrancisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
- Timberlake v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Head v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
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3Cited by19 opinions
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