ROBERTS v. STATE

S93A1857.

263 Ga. 807 (1994)

439 S.E.2d 911

ROBERTS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided February 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lamar W. Sizemore, Jr., for appellant.

Britt R. Priddy, District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Paige M. Reese, Staff Attorney, for appellee.


BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 He appeals the judgments of conviction, contending he was denied his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel.

1. Appellant claimed he shot the victim in self-defense. The State presented the testimony of an eyewitness who, though unable to identify appellant as the perpetrator, stated that the shooter entered a cafe where the...

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