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Leopold v. State

Citations

  • 324 Ga. App. 550
  • 751 S.E.2d 184
  • 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 3472
  • 2013 WL 5951959
  • 2013 Ga. App. LEXIS 891

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  • finding no reasonable probability that additional impeachment of a witness would have altered the trial result
  • counsel’s strategic decision not to inquire into circumstances under which a co-participant fled the state to avoid prosecution was not unreasonable
  • counsel’s strategic decision not to inquire into circumstances under which a co-participant fled the state to avoid prosecution was not unreasonable
  • defendant unable to show ineffective assistance for failure to impeach witness with prior criminal record where he failed to establish that evidence would have been admissible
  • appellant failed to meet his burden of showing ineffective assistance when he failed to present any additional evidence to show evidence of deportation risk should have been discovered and used during cross-examination
  • The defendant was unable to show that his counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to impeach a witness with certain evidence when the defendant failed to establish that the evidence would have been admissible.

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Judges: Boggs

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