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WRIGHT v. STATE

No. S01A1691.

559 S.E.2d 437 (2002)

274 Ga. 730

WRIGHT v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 4, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight L. Thomas, Atlanta, for appellant.

J. Tom Morgan, Dist. Atty., Barbara B. Conroy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Adam M. Hames, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THOMPSON, Justice.

A jury found Melissa Wright guilty of malice murder and felony murder in the shooting death of James Preston.1 On appeal, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support her conviction, and asserts that the trial court erred in rejecting her claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

We view the evidence in a light most favorable to the verdict. Police were called...

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