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CORNWELL v. DODD

No. S98A1442.

509 S.E.2d 919 (1999)

270 Ga. 411

CORNWELL v. DODD.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Bruce Kirwan, Kirwan, Parks, Chesin & Remar, Atlanta, for Joseph D. Cornwell, Jr.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, William P. Rowe, III, Rowe & Lawler, Duluth, for William Dodd, Chief Probation Officer.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Joseph D. Cornwell, Jr., filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. The habeas court denied the petition, and we granted Cornwell's application to consider whether representation by a lawyer who has been suspended from the practice of law is ineffective assistance of counsel. Following the majority rule, we hold that an attorney does...

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