295 Ga. App. 192 - Holmes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “has not shown that the outcome of his trial would have been different had trial counsel obtained and called such a witness. "To establish the prejudicial effect of trial counsel's failure to present certain evidence, an appellant is required to make an affirmative showing that specifically demonstrates how counsel's failure would have affected the outcome of the case. Absent a proffer of what the testimony of his expert would have been at trial, [Glass] cannot show that there is a reasonable probability that the outcome of the trial would have been different had his counsel taken the suggested course." [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Glass v. State