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· 3/11/1996

Fargason v. State

Citations

  • 467 S.E.2d 551
  • 266 Ga. 463
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 999
  • 1996 Ga. LEXIS 100

How courts have described this case

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

  • defendant who opened door to the subject of her own character could not request a Uniform Superior Court Rule 31.3 hearing on similar transactions
  • “To prove an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, the defendant must show that trial counsel performed defi-ciently and that the result of the trial would have been different but for the deficiency.”
  • must show ineffectiveness and harm

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Judges: Fletcher

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