310 Ga. App. 757 - GAWLAK v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “The decision of how to deal with the presentation of an expert witness by the opposing side, including whether to present counter expert testimony, to rely upon cross-examination, to forego cross-examination and/or to forego development of certain expert opinion, is a matter of trial strategy which, if reasonable, cannot be the basis of a successful ineffective assistance of counsel claim.”

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

2. “Here, trial counsel's decision to forego presentation of counter expert testimony and to rely instead on cross-examination to address the interviewing techniques of the state's witnesses was a matter of trial strategy, and [Chamberlain] did not establish that this tactical decision was unreasonable.”

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

3. “Although [Chamberlain's] appellate counsel might have made a different tactical decision, effectiveness of trial counsel is not evaluated by hindsight or by what present counsel would have done.”

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