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· 9/5/2003

McPetrie v. State

Citations

  • 587 S.E.2d 233
  • 263 Ga. App. 85
  • 2003 Fulton County D. Rep. 2786
  • 2003 Ga. App. LEXIS 1118

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[trustification is an affirmative defense, and as a general rule, a defendant must admit the crime before he can raise that defense.”
  • “Without trial counsel’s testimony, it is extremely difficult to overcome” the presumption that counsel’s performance “fell within a wide range of reasonable, professional conduct.”

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Judges: Ruffin, Smith, Miller

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