PHIPPS, Judge.
Following a jury trial, Sandra Gates was convicted of possessing cocaine with intent to distribute. She moved for a new trial, claiming that her trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance when he failed to object to damaging hearsay testimony. Because Gates has failed to show the requisite prejudice to establish an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, we affirm the trial court's denial of her motion for new trial.
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