WEST v. WATERS

No. S00A0059.

533 S.E.2d 88 (2000)

272 Ga. 591

WEST v. WATERS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

July 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony West, pro se.

Mark A. Gilbert, Valdosta, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

On January 3, 1990, Tony West was found guilty of two counts of the sale of cocaine and was sentenced to concurrent life sentences. On direct appeal, West's convictions and sentences were affirmed in an unreported decision. On March 18, 1998, West filed a petition for habeas corpus on three enumerated grounds, but at the evidentiary hearings narrowed his focus to a single contention: that he received ineffective assistance of counsel when his...

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