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EACKLES v. STATE

No. S99A0073.

512 S.E.2d 635 (1999)

270 Ga. 558

EACKLES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Nathan, Savannah, for Adel Eackles.

Spencer Lawton, Jr., Dist. Atty., Christine S. Barker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Savannah, Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Jayson Phillips, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paula K. Smith, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for the State.

SEARS, Justice.

Adel Eackles appeals his convictions and life sentence for malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.1 On appeal, Eackles contends, among other things, that his trial counsel's performance was deficient for requesting the trial court to give a jury charge on flight. We conclude, however, that even assuming that counsel should not have...

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