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Yancey v. State

Citations

  • 292 Ga. 812
  • 740 S.E.2d 628
  • 2013 Fulton County D. Rep. 1406
  • 2013 WL 1790001
  • 2013 Ga. LEXIS 372

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  • noting that Mallory was decided under the old Evidence Code and declining to address whether it remained good law
  • noting that Mallory was decided under the old Evidence Code and declining to address whether it remained good law
  • “As a matter of law, a failure to interpose a meritless objection does not amount to unreasonable performance.”
  • no deficient performance in failure to make meritless objection, and thus no ineffectiveness in failing to make objection that the trial court “would not have been required to sustain”
  • “Mallory was decided, of course, under the old rules of evidence, which also properly were applied in this case .... We offer no opinion about the continuing viability of Mallory under the new Evidence Code.”

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Judges: Blackwell

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