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Woods v. State

Citations

  • 573 S.E.2d 394
  • 275 Ga. 844
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 3567
  • 2002 Ga. LEXIS 1073

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  • holding that appellant could not show prejudice from counsel's failure to use a videotape at trial, where the defendant never introduced the tape itself into evidence
  • failure of trial counsel to employ evidence not prejudicial in absence of showing that evidence would have been relevant and favorable
  • defendant cannot show prejudice from counsel's failure to use videotape at trial, where defendant never introduced the tape itself into evidence
  • “The premise of a defendant’s claim that he was denied conflict-free assistance because of joint representation must be that his lawyer would have done something differently if there was no conflict.” (citation and punctuation omitted)

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Judges: Hunstein, Fletcher, Sears

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