Clark v. State

HINES, Chief Justice.

Following the denial of his motion for new trial, as amended, Clarence Clark appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of Marlon Brown. His sole challenge is that his trial counsel was ineffective in two respects: in failing to object to the *900use of the term “murder” during trial testimony and in not objecting to the introduction into evidence of his statement to police. Finding the challenge to be without merit, we affirm.1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts…