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Gibson v. State

Citations

  • 634 S.E.2d 204
  • 280 Ga. App. 435
  • 2006 Fulton County D. Rep. 2338
  • 2006 Ga. App. LEXIS 872

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  • holding that the defendant’s trial attorneys rendered deficient performance when they failed to obtain evidence that could have discredited the State’s witnesses
  • homicide by vehicle conviction reversed and remanded because trial counsel failed to introduce evidence of intersection signal malfunctions
  • trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate history of intersection, including malfunctioning signal
  • trial counsel rendered deficient performance when entire defense to vehicular homicide charges hinged on defendant’s testimony that his light was green at the time of the collision yet counsel failed to introduce records of prior occasions where light showed green in all four directions
  • trial counsel rendered deficient performance when entire defense to vehicular homicide charges hinged on defendant’s testimony that his light was green at the time of the collision yet counsel failed to introduce records of prior occasions where light showed green in all four directions

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Judges: Adams, Blackburn, Mikell

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