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Hill v. State

Citations

  • 658 S.E.2d 863
  • 290 Ga. App. 140
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 966
  • 2008 Ga. App. LEXIS 272

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  • “failure to ask for a charge on a lesser included offense can be a matter of trial strategy”
  • although trial counsel asserted at new trial hearing that his trial performance was deficient, ineffective assistance claim failed because defendant did not show that alleged deficiency prejudiced the defense
  • although trial counsel asserted at new trial hearing that his trial performance was deficient, ineffective assistance claim failed because defendant did not show that alleged deficiency prejudiced the defense
  • “[T]he testimony of one accomplice may be used to corroborate that of another.”
  • \[A]libi is not an affirmative defense ... since the true effect of an alibi defense is to traverse the [S]tate's proof that the defendant committed the crime[.]\ (second alteration in original) (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Ruffin, Blackburn, Bernes

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