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Byrd v. State

Citations

  • 548 S.E.2d 2
  • 274 Ga. 58

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  • finding no ineffective assistance where trial counsel permitted introduction of custodial statement because it supported defense strategy
  • finding no ineffective assistance where trial counsel wanted defendant’s custodial statement to come into evidence as part of his strategy to portray defendant as truthful and to demonstrate that defendant lacked criminal intent
  • trial counsel was not deficient for waiving Jackson-Denno hearing where defendant did not demonstrate basis to suppress statement
  • testimony showed that minor defendant was not threatened or coerced by police during questioning
  • “There is no showing that trial counsel was deficient for waiving a JacksonDenno hearing because [the defendant] has failed to provide a meritorious basis to contest the admission of his statement to police.”

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Judges: Hines

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