Blackshear v. State

Fletcher, Chief Justice.

A jury convicted Travis Blackshear of felony murder in the *843shooting death of Ronald Lynn Jones.1 Blackshear appeals, contending that his appointed trial counsel was ineffective because he solicited and accepted a fee. Because a violation of an ethical rule does not per se establish ineffectiveness of counsel and because Blackshear has alleged and shown no prejudice, we affirm.

1. The evidence at trial showed that on the evening of May 4, 1993 Blackshear and Jones and two others were together in a rooming house and that Jones had been selling drugs to several customers.…