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JONES v. STATE

No. S13A1349.

755 S.E.2d 131 (2014)

294 Ga. 501

JONES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

February 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Pittman Morris , Walter Pittman Morris, P.C., Evans, for appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Dep. Atty. Gen., Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Ryan A. Kolb , Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, Kevin Richard Majeska , Asst. Dist. Atty., Durwood Reaves Davis , Chief Asst. Dist. Atty., Dennis C. Sanders , Dist. Atty., Toombs Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, Thomson, for appellee.

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Dexter Jones, who was convicted of felony murder and other crimes in connection with the shooting death of Kenny Johnson, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for new trial. In his only enumeration of error, Appellant contends that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to emphasize certain testimony from the State's crime scene investigator in support of a claim of self-defense. We affirm.

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