Supreme Court of Georgia
Collins v. the State.
August 5, 2019831 S.E.2d 765
Summary
The court affirmed the convictions, rejecting both ineffective-assistance claims. Counsel was not deficient for failing to investigate alleged childhood sexual abuse and PTSD because voluntary-manslaughter provocation is judged by an objective reasonable-person standard, and the record also failed to show that PTSD affected the killing. Counsel likewise was not required to withdraw after the defendant filed a bar complaint because no actual conflict adversely affected counsel's performance.