MORGAN v. MITCHELL

No. S99A1392.

527 S.E.2d 556 (2000)

272 Ga. 134

MORGAN et al. v. MITCHELL.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Rowe III, Duluth, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Charles J. Mitchell, pro se.


SEARS, Justice.

Appellant Warden Timothy J. Morgan and the Phillips Correctional Institution (collectively "appellant") appeal the habeas court's grant of appellee Charles Jefferson Mitchell's ("appellee's") Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus. Having reviewed the matter, we conclude that the habeas court erred in concluding that appellee was prejudiced by the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. Therefore, we reverse.

Appellee was charged, along with...

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