FORTSON v. STATE

32593.

240 Ga. 5 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 335

FORTSON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 21, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Lewis, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Donald J. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Isaac Byrd, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of armed robbery.

1. Appellant's first enumerated error is the alleged ineffective assistance of his retained trial counsel.

"`We interpret the right of counsel as the right to effective counsel. We interpret counsel to mean not errorless counsel, and not counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to render and rendering reasonably effective assistance...

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