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Hayes v. State

Citations

  • 426 S.E.2d 886
  • 262 Ga. 881
  • 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 1177
  • 1993 Ga. LEXIS 317

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the trial court had correctly charged the jury when explaining that alteration to brain function arising from voluntary intoxication must be more than temporary to negate criminal intent
  • appellant's claim is waived where he raised a second claim of ineffective assistance of counsel against trial counsel on different grounds from those supporting the original claim of ineffective assistance
  • “Failure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance.”
  • “Failure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance”
  • “Failure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance.”
  • “Failure to make a meritless objection cannot be evidence of ineffective assistance”

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Judges: Hunt, Clarke, Benham, Fletcher, Sears-Collins, Hunstein

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