Publication Date: 2013-11-27
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard O. Allen, Woodbine, for appellant.
for defendant: D. Victor Reynolds, District Attorney, Grady A. Moore, John R. Edwards, Assistant District Attorneys, Marietta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S13A1148
The defendant failed to show that his counsel was deficient for strategically deciding to rely on an alibi, rather than on a mental health de