Opinion
45854.
DECIDED NOVEMBER 2, 1988.
Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of Georgia — 187 Ga. App. 307.
Donald F. Samuel, for appellant.
Thomas C. Lawler III, District Attorney, Debra K. Turner, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
Michael Weeks' conviction for child molestation was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. Weeks v. State, 187 Ga. App. 307 ( 370 S.E.2d 344) (1988). We granted certiorari for the limited purpose of remanding the case under Smith v. State, 255 Ga. 654 ( 341 S.E.2d 5) (1986), for a determination of whether he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Following the remand hearing, the trial court, applying the standards of Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687-8 ( 104 S.C. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674) (1984), determined that the petitioner failed to show that his trial counsel's performance was deficient.
In his extensive order, the trial judge confronted and made separate findings on each of Week's contentions. We applaud this procedure which is very helpful on appeal and would, in most instances, foreclose further inquiry into this issue.
Applying the same standard, we agree that Weeks' claim of ineffective assistance of counsel must fail. Compare Lloyd v. State, 258 Ga. 645 ( 373 S.E.2d 1) (1988).
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.