Opinion ID: 1286415
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Heading: Combined Effect of Trial Counsel's Deficiencies

Text: Above, we have commented on the prejudicial effect arising from each of trial counsel's deficiencies that we either have found to exist or have assumed to exist, and we have found each separately not to have been significantly prejudicial. Considering now the combined effect of those deficiencies, we conclude that the absence of those deficiencies would not in reasonable probability have affected the verdict at either phase of Lance's trial. Compare Porter v. McCollum, supra, ___ U.S. at ___(III), 130 S.Ct. at 453-456. See also Holsey, supra, 281 Ga. at 812, n. 1, 642 S.E.2d 56 (holding that the combined effect of trial counsel's deficiencies should be considered in weighing prejudice).