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Wallace v. State

Citations

  • 558 S.E.2d 773
  • 253 Ga. App. 220
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 127
  • 2002 Ga. App. LEXIS 14

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  • counsel not ineffective for failing to file a special demurrer to allegedly flawed indictment where State was not barred from reindicting defendant
  • counsel not ineffective for failing to file a special demurrer to allegedly flawed indictment where State was not barred from reindicting defendant
  • where appellant failed to show he was prejudiced by his attorney’s failure to file a demurrer challenging the form of the indictment, the trial court properly overruled his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
  • When a defendant files a special demurrer challenging the form of an imperfect indictment, “the quashing of [the] indictment merely bars trial on the flawed indictment[;] it does not bar the State from reindicting the defendant.”
  • When a defendant files a special demurrer challenging the form of an imperfect indictment, “the quashing of [the] indictment merely bars trial on the flawed indictment; it does not bar the State from reindicting the defendant.”
  • When a defendant files a special demurrer challenging the form of an imperfect indictment, “the quashing of [the] indictment merely bars trial on the flawed indictment; it does not bar the State from reindicting the defendant.”

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Judges: Ruffin, Johnson, Ellington

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