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BURTON v. STATE

No. S97A1456.

494 S.E.2d 666 (1998)

268 Ga. 888

BURTON v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek H. Jones, Decatur, for Patrick Rancey Burton.

Thomas James Charron, Dist. Atty., Debra Halpern Bernes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Marietta, Angelica M. Woo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Nancy I. Jordan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Marietta, for the State.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Patrick Burton of malice murder and felony murder in the shooting death of Victor Love.1 Burton appeals and challenges two jury instructions and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. Because the charges contain no reversible error and because Burton has not shown his counsel's performance to be deficient or harmful, we affirm.

The evidence showed that Burton, Raedel Jackson, Jerry...

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