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BENNETT v. STATE

No. A09A1311.

680 S.E.2d 538 (2009)

BENNETT v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

June 18, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Davis, Zipperman, Kirschenbaum & Lotito, Nicholas A. Lotito, Atlanta, for appellant.

W. Kendall Wynne Jr., District Attorney, Melanie M. Bell, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A jury found John Anthony Bennett guilty of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated assault, and cruelty to children based on an incident in which he beat his girlfriend's ex-husband with a pipe, but claimed self-defense.1 Bennett appeals from the trial court's denial of his motion for new trial, alleging (i) that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to introduce evidence of the victim's prior violent...

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