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LEGGETT v. STATE

33414.

241 Ga. 237 (1978)

244 S.E.2d 847

LEGGETT v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided April 18, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglass & Young, Orion L. Douglass, for appellant.

Glenn Thomas, Jr., District Attorney, John D. Rivers, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

The sole question presented by this case is whether counsel rendered ineffective assistance during Leggett's murder trial. The jury convicted Leggett and he was sentenced to life imprisonment. His retained attorney sought a discharge, and a new attorney was appointed by the trial court to pursue Leggett's motion for new trial and appeal. In the motion, Leggett raised the ineffective assistance...

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