Legal Opinion

Corbin v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 9, 2004No. A04A1566PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Ellington, Judge.

A Tattnall County jury convicted Ronnie Corbin of aggravated assault following his attack on a prison guard while he was incarcerated at Reidsville State Prison.1 This Court affirmed Corbin’s conviction on appeal, but remanded the case to the trial court to consider Corbin’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Corbin v. State, 240 Ga. App. 788, 791 (4) (525 SE2d 365) (1999). On remand, the trial court conducted a hearing and held that Corbin failed to demonstrate ineffective assistance. Corbin appeals the court’s order, and we affirm.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Goodwin v. Cruz-PadilloSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  2. Chapman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
  3. Young v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Corbin v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007

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