281 Ga. App. 749 - Hayes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “To establish ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 1 a criminal defendant must prove (1) that his trial counsel’s performance was deficient, and (2) that counsel’s deficiency so prejudiced his defense that a reasonable probability exists that the result of the trial would have been different but for that deficiency.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 285 Ga. App. 474 - Starling v. State

2. “[g]iven that the State did not rely solely upon accomplice testimony in securing [Harris’s] conviction but rather adduced ample evidence wholly sufficient to warrant the verdict (independent of the accomplice’s testimony), the failure of his trial counsel to request a charge on accomplice testimony did not constitute deficient performance.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 308 Ga. App. 456 - Harris v. State