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SHORTER v. WATERS

No. S02A0642.

571 S.E.2d 373 (2002)

275 Ga. 581

SHORTER v. WATERS.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 15, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spencer Shorter, pro se.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Mark Alan Gilbert, Tammie JoAnn Philbrick, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted Spencer Shorter's petition for probable cause to appeal in this habeas corpus proceeding in order to address whether under the facts in this case the habeas court applied the correct standard when it determined that the appellate strategy utilized by Shorter's counsel was not "so unreasonable" under Battles v. Chapman, 269 Ga. 702, 506 S.E.2d 838 (1998). Because...

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