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PENNIE v. STATE

No. S12A1436.

736 S.E.2d 433 (2013)

292 Ga. 249

PENNIE v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 7, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard T. Ryczek, Jr., for appellant.

Richard R. Read, District Attorney, Roberta A. Earnhardt, Assistant District Attorney, Samuel S. Olens, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Katherine Iannuzzi, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Ntyono Pennie and co-defendant Torrence Sanders were convicted of the felony murder of Shirley Akins and other offenses.1 Appellant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request a detailed jury charge on proximate causation. We affirm.

1. In our previous decision affirming Sanders's conviction, we summarized the evidence as follows:

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