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WESLEY v. STATE

No. S09A1376.

689 S.E.2d 280 (2010)

WESLEY v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

January 25, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DuPont K. Cheney, Jr., Greensboro, for the appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Stephany J. Luttrell, Bettieanne C. Hart, Assistant District Attorneys, Elizabeth A. Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Atlanta, for the appellee.

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Rufus Wesley was convicted of malice murder and related crimes arising out of the shotgun shooting of Michael Cooper. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial1 asserting that the trial court erred by admitting improper character evidence and by finding that he received effective assistance of trial counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. Evidence was adduced at trial that appellant...

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