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Harris v. State

Citations

  • 555 S.E.2d 485
  • 251 Ga. App. 879
  • 2001 Fulton County D. Rep. 3227
  • 2001 Ga. App. LEXIS 1187

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  • Counsel was deficient in failing to object to testimony that defendant had been charged with robbery in another jurisdiction.
  • Counsel was deficient in failing to object to testimony that defendant had been charged with robbery in another jurisdiction.
  • error not harmless during trial for drug possession, where State improperly introduced evidence that defendant had recently been in court on charges of “aggravated robbery”
  • In a case that turned largely on the credibility of the defendant, there was a reasonable probability that the outcome would have been different had it not been for counsel’s deficient performance in allowing in evidence of the defendant’s criminal history.
  • conviction reversed where testimony reflected badly on defendant’s character

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Judges: Mikell, Blackburn, Pope

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