ZANT v. MEANS

No. S99A0924.

522 S.E.2d 449 (1999)

271 Ga. 711

ZANT v. MEANS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied November 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Frank A. Ilardi, Daniel G. Ashburn, Angelica M. Woo, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellant.

Stephen T. Maples, Bernard Knight, Decatur, for appellee.


HINES, Justice.

This appeal is from the grant of a petition for habeas corpus on a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Because the habeas court ruled that Means was prejudiced by counsel's conduct without there being any evidence showing such prejudice, we reverse.

Means was indicted in 1992 on charges of kidnapping, rape, and aggravated assault. When he was apprehended in Colorado, he told police that he had "raped a girl back there," but Means...

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