PHILLIPS v. WILLIAMS

No. S03A0093.

583 S.E.2d 4 (2003)

276 Ga. 691

PHILLIPS v. WILLIAMS, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

June 9, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcus C. Chamblee, Stephen D. Pereira, Alpharetta, for appellant.

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Ruth M. Pawlak, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


SEARS, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Harvey Phillips, was convicted of the possession of cocaine, and the Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction.1 Phillips subsequently filed a petition for habeas corpus relief, contending, among other things, that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to contend on appeal that the State failed to establish the chain of custody of the substance identified at trial as cocaine. The habeas...

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