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BATTLES v. CHAPMAN

No. S98A0734.

506 S.E.2d 838 (1998)

269 Ga. 702

BATTLES v. CHAPMAN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 14, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Dickson, Athens, for Joseph Battles.

W. Dennis Mullis, Cochran, Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for John Chapman.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted Joseph Battles a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. Because we agree with Battles that his appellate counsel's performance was deficient and that there is a reasonable probability that counsel's error prejudiced the defense, we reverse the habeas court's ruling.

1. The United States Supreme Court in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668...

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