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Sanders v. State

Citations

  • 559 S.E.2d 122
  • 253 Ga. App. 380
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 305
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 68

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  • defendant cannot prove prejudice results from trial counsel’s lack of investigation absent proffer of helpful evidence additional investigation would have revealed
  • “Absent a proffer, defendant cannot meet his burden of making an affirmative showing that specifically demonstrates how counsel’s failure would have affected the outcome of his case.”
  • “[a]bsent a proffer, defendant cannot meet his burden of making an affirmative showing that specifically demonstrates how counsel’s failure would have affected the outcome of his case”

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Judges: Ellington, Johnson, Ruffin

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