Taylor v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault for the shooting death of the victim. The trial court denied defendant's motion for a new trial and he appealed, challenging the effectiveness of his trial counsel based on counsel's failure to request a jury instruction on the State's burden of proof in a case based on circumstantial evidence. The court held that, even assuming that trial counsel should have requested a jury charge on circumstantial evidence, his failure to do so did not result in any prejudice. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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