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Collins v. State

Citations

  • 686 S.E.2d 305
  • 300 Ga. App. 657
  • 9 Fulton County D. Rep. 3497
  • 2009 Ga. App. LEXIS 1242
  • 9 FCDR 3497

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  • “[D]uring the hearing, CoIIins's appellate counsel did not ask trial counsel about the decision not to call Malcom as a witness, “and the decision not to do so is therefore presumed to be a strategic one that does not amount to ineffective assistance.” (citations omitted)
  • “[When], as here, the defendant fails to proffer the testimony of an uncalled witness, he cannot prove that there is a reasonable probability that the trial would have ended differently.” (punctuation omitted)

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Judges: Blackburn, Adams, Doyle

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