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· 6/30/2014

Batten v. State

Citations

  • 295 Ga. 442
  • 761 S.E.2d 70
  • 2014 WL 2925166
  • 2014 Ga. LEXIS 548

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • discussing “heavy” burden placed on appellant to demonstrate that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel
  • where two witnesses heard appellant's threats and eyewitnesses saw appellant shoot the victim
  • where two witnesses heard appellant’s threats and eyewitnesses saw appellant shoot the victim
  • an appellate court “reviews the sufficiency of the evidence and not its weight”
  • ultimate issue objection to investigator’s testimony was not preserved for appellate review

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Judges: Thompson

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