Kendrick v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant appealed his conviction for felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, contending, among other things, that the trial court incorrectly charged the jury and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. The court rejected defendant's claim of error regarding the jury charge where trial courts did not have to follow an exact formula in instructing juries so long as the charge as a whole ensured that the jury would consider whether the evidence of provocation and passion might authorize a verdict of voluntary manslaughter. The court also rejected defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel where defendant himself placed the evidence at issue before the jury and where trial counsel did not render ineffective assistance by failing to object to a proper argument. Accordingly, the judgment was affirmed.
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