Lofton v. State

309 Ga. 348

FINAL COPY S20A0196. LOFTON v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Justice. Appellant Reginald Lofton challenges his 2016 conviction for being a party to felony murder predicated on the armed robbery and shooting death of pizza delivery driver Shane Varnadore. Appellant claims that the trial court made a number of evidentiary errors and that his trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance in two respects. We affirm.1 1 Varnadore was killed on the night of March 1, 2016. On May 26, 2016, a Gwinnett County grand jury indicted Appellant, who was 14 years old, and 21-year-old Jermaine…