Legal Opinion
Cleveland v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 9, 2009No. S08G1371Published
1Opinion of the Court
674 S.E.2d 289 (2009)
CLEVELAND
v.
The STATE.
No. S08G1371.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
March 9, 2009.
James Denny Lamb, Columbus, for Appellant.
John Gray Conger, Dist. Atty. and William Donald Kelly Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., for Appellee.
SEARS, Chief Justice.
In 2005, a Harris County jury convicted Sean David Cleveland of methamphetamine possession and related crimes. The trial court sentenced him to twenty years in prison with ten years to serve, and Cleveland filed a motion for new trial and amended motion for new trial. The trial court denied the motion, rejecting Cleveland's claim that he received…
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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