· 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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