Legal Opinion

Starks v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 20, 2018No. S18A0902PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Peterson, Justice.

**308Joshua Starks appeals his conviction of felony murder and other charges stemming from the shooting death of Stenneth Charles during a drug deal.1 In his sole enumeration *509of error, Starks argues that he is entitled to a new trial because his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to (1) certain testimony as being an improper prior consistent statement and (2) portions of the State's closing argument. Assuming without deciding that trial counsel's performance was deficient in both respects, we conclude that Starks has not shown any prejudice. We affirm.

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2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Woodard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2015
  5. Powell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2012

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