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OWENS v. STATE

No. S98A1160.

506 S.E.2d 860 (1998)

269 Ga. 887

OWENS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitman Matthew Dodge, Atlanta, for Damian Owens.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bettieanne C. Hart, Cari K. Johanson, Asst. Dist. Attys., Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Frank Anthony Ilardi, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for the State.

FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Damian Owens of the malice murder of David Colbert and the aggravated assault of Brian Greenleaf and Brandon Hamm.1 Owens appeals, contending that his trial counsel was ineffective. Because Owens has failed to demonstrate prejudice and the facts do not demand a presumption of prejudice, we affirm.

The evidence at trial showed that Owens, Reginald Thomas,2

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