Lakes v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Eric Lakes of malice murder in the shooting death of Royce Clark. Lakes claims that his trial counsel was ineffective in violation of his constitutional right to counsel. Because Lakes has not shown how his attorney’s performance prejudiced his defense, we affirm.

1. The state presented evidence that Lakes went running after Clark and two other men as they walked around an apartment building to a parking lot behind the building. Clark’s companions testified that Lakes pointed a gun at each of them while they were seated in a car and clicked it, but…