Publication Date: 2013-11-21
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Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Benham, Robert
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John K. Gross, Metter, and Glen A. Cheney, Reidsville, for appellant.
for defendant: John T. Durden Jr., District Attorney, Melissa L. Poole, Joe G. Skeens, Assistant District Attorneys, Hinesville, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Patricia B. A. Burton, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and David A. Zisook, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
Case Number: S13A1187
Defense counsel was not deficient for strategically deciding not to raise a Bruton objection to the co-defendant's out-of-court statement, which counsel thought was beneficial to a self-defense