243 Ga. App. 804 - Hall v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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13 state decisions

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1. “The proper standard to be employed in determining enumerations concerning ineffective assistance of counsel... is the two-pronged test announced in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (104 SC 2052, 80 LE2d 674) (1984). First, appellant must show that counsel’s performance was deficient; second, he is required to show that he was prejudiced by counsel’s deficient performance. There is a strong presumption that trial counsel’s performance falls within the wide range of reasonable professional assistance, and that any challenged action by trial counsel might be considered sound trial strategy. As to the second prong, the question is whether there exists a reasonable probability that, but for his counsel’s errors, the jury would have had a reasonable doubt regarding appellant’s guilt, that is, but for counsel’s unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different.... Further, a trial court’s finding that a defendant has been afforded effective assistance of counsel must be upheld unless that finding is clearly erroneous.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 267 Ga. App. 694 - Jefferies v. State · 248 Ga. App. 301 - Thigpen v. State