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SPENCER v. STATE

No. S02A0458.

563 S.E.2d 839 (2002)

275 Ga. 192

SPENCER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

May 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin G. Hilliard, Savannah, for appellant.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., Dist. Atty., Christine S. Barker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Ruth M. Bebko, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

SEARS, Presiding Justice.

The appellant, Jerry Spencer, appeals from his convictions of felony murder and influencing a witness stemming from the stabbing death of Frank Gottus.1 On appeal, Spencer contends that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel, and that the trial court erred in instructing the jury that it could infer Spencer's intent to kill from his use of a deadly weapon. Because we conclude that Spencer's ineffectiveness...

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