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Gibson v. State

Citations

  • 591 S.E.2d 800
  • 277 Ga. 486
  • 2004 Fulton County D. Rep. 196
  • 2004 Ga. LEXIS 7

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  • upholding conviction for cruelty to children where evidence supported a finding that defendant struck his son with a belt with “enough force to possibly leave bruises”
  • defendant could not show that the failure to introduce records was prejudicial to his defense, where records would have been cumulative of testimony elicited at trial
  • where medical records would have been cumulative of the witness’ testimony at trial, defendant failed to establish how trial counsel’s failure to introduce those records at trial prejudiced his defense so as to support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel

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Judges: Hunstein

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