Publication Date: 2016-02-25
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
Attorneys: For plaintiff: W. Rocky Adams, Dublin, for appellant.
for defendant: Rebecca A. Wright, District Attorney, Joshua B. Smith District Attorney's Office, Augusta, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Matthew B. Crowder, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S15A1408
The defendant could not prove the prejudice element of his ineffective assistance of trial counsel claim based on counsel's failure to seek a change of venue due to pre-trial publicity, because voir