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White v. State

Citations

  • 662 S.E.2d 131
  • 283 Ga. 566
  • 2008 Fulton County D. Rep. 1852
  • 2008 Ga. LEXIS 442

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  • holding that where hearsay evidence was cumulative of other admissible testimony, the failure to object thereto does not amount to ineffective assistance
  • rejecting ineffectiveness claim based on counsel’s failure to make a chain of custody objection because “any such objection would have been fruitless”
  • finding insufficient evidence to support theft by receiving handgun labeled for law enforcement use
  • reversing conviction for violating theft by receiving stolen property prohibited by OCGA § 16-8-7 despite engraving on the stolen gun because the markings “[did] not exclude the possibility that the weapon may have been given away or sold ‘on the black market.’”
  • where hearsay evidence was cumulative of other admissible testimony, the failure to object thereto does not amount to ineffective assistance
  • counsel was not ineffective in failing to object to testimony that was cumulative of other admissible testimony placing appellant at the scene of the crime

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Judges: Melton

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