HEATH v. STATE

No. A02A1604.

601 S.E.2d 758 (2004)

268 Ga. App. 235

HEATH v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Jones, Powder Springs, Stephen B. Bright, Atlanta, Alexander T. Rundlet, for appellant.

James R. Osborne, Dist. Atty., Aaron S. Henrickson, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

In State v. Heath,1 our Supreme Court, in its review of this ineffective assistance of counsel claim arising out of a guilty plea in a criminal conviction, held that we had erred in presuming prejudice to the defendant based on the lack of representation provided by his attorney. It held that the facts of this case required a showing of prejudice. In its limited ruling, the Supreme Court

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