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Ross v. State

Citations

  • 499 S.E.2d 642
  • 231 Ga. App. 793
  • 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 1114
  • 1998 Ga. App. LEXIS 288

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  • concluding that defendant was not prejudiced by his counsel’s failure to further impeach witness with certified copies of witness’s felony convictions
  • concluding that defendant was not prejudiced by his counsel’s failure to further impeach witness with certified copies of witness’s felony convictions
  • trial counsel’s failure to employ independent DNA expert cannot be deemed to be prejudicial absent a showing that such evidence would have been relevant and favorable to the defendant
  • no prejudice in failing to impeach witnesses with certified copies of their felony convictions where both admitted to participating in crimes for which the defendant was on trial and one admitted that he was on parole at the time of the crimes
  • defendant not prejudiced by trial counsel’s failure to impeach accomplices with their convictions for crimes of moral turpitude because “the jury was already fully aware of the disreputable character of these witnesses by virtue of their own testimony on the stand”
  • no prejudice in failing to impeach witnesses with certified copies of their felony convictions where both admitted to participating in crimes for which the defendant was on trial and one admitted that he was on 14 parole at the time of the crimes

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Judges: Smith, Beasley, Banke

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