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Hampton v. State

Citations

  • 651 S.E.2d 698
  • 282 Ga. 490
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 3068
  • 2007 Ga. LEXIS 723

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a criminal defendant has a fundamental right to be present in court under the due process clause of the Georgia Constitution
  • holding that trial counsel’s failure to raise a meritless objection does not constitute deficient performance and causes no prejudice
  • holding that trial court’s interviews of two jurors without defendant present did not violate defendant’s right to he present at all critical proceedings because, in part, defendant acquiesced in his counsel’s waiver of the right
  • holding that trial court’s interviews of two jurors without defendant present did not violate defendant’s right to be present at all critical proceedings because, in part, defendant acquiesced in his counsel’s waiver of the right
  • stating that a “trial court’s finding is entitled to particular deference given that the trial judge who conducted the evidentiary hearing on the amended new trial motion was the same judge who presided over [the defendant’s] trial”
  • court will reverse trial court’s findings of fact in connection with ineffective assistance of counsel claim only where those findings are clearly erroneous

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Judges: Sears

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