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· 3/7/2016

Rollf v. Carter

Citations

  • 298 Ga. 557
  • 784 S.E.2d 341
  • 2016 Ga. LEXIS 195

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that the appellant failed to show prejudice when he “did not have the blood tested post-trial” and thus “has not shown that [blood testing] would have been favorable to his defense”
  • “Mere speculation about what the evidence would have shown had it actually been obtained does not satisfy the requirement of showing [Strickland] prejudice.”
  • “Mere speculation about what the evidence would have shown had it actually been obtained does not satisfy the requirement of showing prejudice.”
  • because defendant “did not have the blood tested post-trial,” he “fail[ed] to demonstrate prejudice”
  • evidence of victim’s membership in a gang
  • evidence of victim’s membership in a gang

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Judges: Blackwell

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