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Thompson v. the State

Citations

  • 341 Ga. App. 883
  • 802 S.E.2d 713
  • 2017 Ga. App. LEXIS 297

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  • no ineffective assistance where defendant did not demonstrate that failure to object to certain testimony resulted in prejudice to his defense
  • “An erroneous jury instruction cannot be considered in isolation, but must be considered in the context of the entire jury charge on the record as a whole to determine whether there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury improperly applied the challenged instruction.”
  • “An erroneous jury instruction cannot be considered in isolation, but must be considered in the context of the entire jury charge on the record as a whole to determine whether there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury improperly applied the challenged instruction.”

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Judges: McFadden, Branch, Bethel

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