Mohamud v. State

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the rule set forth in Chandler has been superseded by provisions of the new Evidence Code
• holding that trial counsel's failure to request a jury instruction on the definition of aggravated assault did not prejudice the defendant when the charge as a whole fairly instructed the jury on self-defense
• holding that trial counsel’s failure to request a jury instruction on the definition of aggravated assault did not prejudice the defendant when the charge 15 as a whole fairly instructed the jury on self-defense
• noting that “as a general rule, character evidence of a victim is limited to reputation or opinion, not specific bad acts”
• explaining that, since “hindsight has no place in an assessment of the performance of trial counsel,” counsel’s trial decision may still have been reasonable even though he testified that, in hindsight, he had no strategic reason for that decision (citation and punctuation omitted)
• “as a general rule, character evidence of a victim is limited to reputation or opinion, not specific bad acts”

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