Aikens v. State

Blackwell, Justice.

Maurice Aikens was tried by a Fulton County jury and convicted of murder and several other crimes in connection with the fatal shooting of Kyle Moore. Aikens appeals, contending that the evidence is insufficient to sustain one of his convictions, that the trial court erred when it responded to a question submitted by the jury, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We see no error, and we affirm.

1. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that, on the evening of May 3,2007, Aikens, his friend Edward Wallace, and his girlfriend…