COMPTON v. JACKSON

No. S14A0663.

764 S.E.2d 142 (2014)

295 Ga. 777

COMPTON v. JACKSON.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 6, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Zell & Zell, Rodney S. Zell , Atlanta, for appellant.

Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith , Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Christian A. Fuller , Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HUNSTEIN, Justice.

We granted Appellant Larry Compton's application for a certificate of probable cause to examine whether the habeas court erred in rejecting Compton's claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

Compton was convicted of murder and related offenses, and the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment plus five consecutive years. This Court affirmed his convictions and sentences on appeal. Compton v...

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