· 11/25/2002
Hinely v. State
Citations
- 573 S.E.2d 66
- 275 Ga. 777
- 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 3582
- 2002 Ga. LEXIS 1070
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that it was reasonable trial strategy for defense counsel to decline a curative instruction regarding a reference to the defendant's prior incarceration on the basis that it would place undue emphasis on the testimony
- holding in case involving sentencing agreement similar to Barnes’ that “the prospect of a greater sentence is not coercion that prevents the decision to plead guilty, or to accept a certain lesser sentence, from being free and voluntary”
- finding no reasonable probability that, but for trial counsel’s failure to impeach a witness with certified copy of felony conviction, the result of the proceeding would have been different
- “[t]he prospect of a greater sentence is not coercion that prevents the decision to plead guilty, or to accept a certain lesser sentence, from being free and voluntary. [Cit.]”
- “the prospect of a greater sentence is not coercion that prevents the decision to plead guilty, or to accept a certain lesser sentence, from being free and voluntary. [Cit.]”
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Judges: Hines
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