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· 10/5/1983

Zant v. Hamilton

Citations

  • 307 S.E.2d 667
  • 251 Ga. 553
  • 1983 Ga. LEXIS 891

How courts have described this case

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  • counsel’s failure to exercise reasonable diligence in locating witnesses constituted ineffective assistance
  • trial counsel was ineffective for failing to call alibi witnesses who could have testified that defendant was at work—approximately 16 three-and-a-half hours distant from the crime scene—only an hour after the robbery occurred

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Judges: Marshall, Hill, Smith, Gregory

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