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RIVERS v. STATE

No. S07A1541.

657 S.E.2d 210 (2008)

RIVERS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 11, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard Bradley Kleinrock, Decatur, for appellant.

Leonora Grant, Asst. Dist. Atty., Gwendolyn Keyes Fleming, Dist. Atty., Barbara Blaine Conroy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Elizabeth Anne Harris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for appellee.

SEARS, Chief Justice.

In 2006, a DeKalb County jury convicted Timothy Rivers of malice murder and related offenses arising out of the shooting death of James Mogardo. Rivers admits killing Mogardo but claims he did so in self-defense. Rivers's sole claim on appeal is that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney failed to discover and introduce the criminal record of one of the witnesses for the prosecution. Finding...

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