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LAKES v. STATE

No. S95A1933.

467 S.E.2d 566 (1996)

266 Ga. 389

LAKES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald J. Scholara, Timothy R. Saviello, Fulton County Public Defender's Office, Atlanta, for Lakes.

Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Michael J. Bowers, Atty. Gen., Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Marla-Deen Brooks, Asst. Atty. Gen., Donald P. Geary, Asst. Dist. Atty., Carl P. Greenberg, Asst. Dist. Atty., Atlanta, for State.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Eric Lakes of malice murder in the shooting death of Royce Clark.1 Lakes claims that his trial counsel was ineffective in violation of his constitutional right to counsel. Because Lakes has not shown how his attorney's performance prejudiced his defense, we affirm.

1. The state presented evidence that Lakes went running after Clark and two other men as they walked around an apartment...

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