Davis v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
McFadden, Judge.
Trion Davis appeals his convictions of armed robbery and giving a false name. He contends that his trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to challenge an improper showup by police. We find that the showup was not impermissibly suggestive and therefore that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to challenge it. Consequently, we affirm Davis’s convictions.
On appeal of a trial court’s ruling on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, “we accept the trial court’s factual findings and credibility determinations unless clearly erroneous, but we independently…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bruce v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Handley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
- Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
- Wallace v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2009
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