GIBSON v. STATE

No. A99A1101.

521 S.E.2d 599 (1999)

239 Ga. App. 572

GIBSON v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Nash, Jr., Columbus, for appellant.

J. Gray Conger, District Attorney, George E. Lipscomb II, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

In challenging a Muscogee County jury verdict finding him guilty of aggravated assault, Walter L. Gibson contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney (a) failed to raise the issue of Gibson's alleged mental illness in relation to the voluntary nature of his confession; and (b) raised a defense of justification, instead of a defense of guilty but mentally ill. We find these contentions meritless.

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