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GAINES v. SIKES

No. S00A0098.

526 S.E.2d 558 (2000)

272 Ga. 123

GAINES v. SIKES.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Pereira, Roswell, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, James J. Phillips, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted Robert Gaines a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. Because we agree with Gaines that the habeas court relied upon an incomplete analysis of the law when evaluating his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and that the habeas court erred when it concluded that Gaines had failed to support his contention that a constitutionally-impermissible charge had been given at Gaines's trial...

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