Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 29, 1992No. A91A2180PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Willie Gary Harris appeals his judgment of conviction, sentence, and denial of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The enumeration that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motion for continuance is without merit. Although the enumeration of error specifically limited its claim of abuse of discretion to the fact that the motion for continuance was denied after a lapse of only ten days from counsel appointment to trial for a serious felony charge, appellant made several assertions in his brief in support of this enumeration including, inter alia, an insufficient…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. State v. AlvaradoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1990
  4. Romine v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
  5. Martin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1989

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3Cited by57 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  2. Rucker v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  3. Dennis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
  4. McGee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1992
  5. Wright v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993

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