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Baker v. State

Citations

  • 554 S.E.2d 324
  • 251 Ga. App. 377
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 2761
  • 2001 Ga. App. LEXIS 1010

How courts have described this case

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  • speculating that trial counsel “may have located and interviewed the witness and determined that his testimony was unhelpful”
  • no ineffective assistance where, among other things, alleged witness who would have provided exculpatory testimony did not testify at motion for new trial hearing
  • “Where the missing witness does not testify at the motion for new trial hearing, no evidence supports the claim that the witness was crucial to the defense or that the witness could have been located.”
  • “Where the missing witness does not testify at the motion for new trial hearing, no evidence supports the claim that the witness was crucial to the defense or that the witness could have been located.”

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Judges: Miller, Andrews, Eldridge

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