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Hood v. State

Citations

  • 651 S.E.2d 88
  • 282 Ga. 462
  • 2007 Fulton County D. Rep. 2925
  • 2007 Ga. LEXIS 596

How courts have described this case

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

  • pleading is deemed filed on the date it is delivered to the proper officer in a clerk’s office, “ ‘even though that officer fails to make the proper entry of filing thereon’ ” (citation omitted)
  • “a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel cannot be pursued unless trial counsel is no longer representing the convicted defendant”
  • “a lawyer may not ethically present a claim that he/she provided a client with ineffective assistance of counsel”
  • “[A] lawyer may not ethically present a claim that [the lawyer] provided a client with ineffective assistance of counsel[.]”
  • “[A] claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel cannot be pursued unless trial counsel is no longer representing the convicted defendant.”
  • lack of statutory signature is an amendable defect and does not render the unsigned document null and void

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Judges: Benham

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