Appellant Chadrick D. Nash appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.1 The trial evidence showed that after a verbal argument during which the victim called appellant a derogatory name, appellant fatally shot the unarmed victim in the busy parking lot of a local eatery in front of several eyewitnesses. After shooting the victim the first time and as the victim was lying wounded on the ground, appellant tried to shoot the victim in the head, but the gun jammed. Appellant then kicked the victim and soon fled the scene. While fleeing, appellant ran by a nearby trailer home outside of which the murder weapon, a High Point nine millimeter handgun, was found. Near the victim’s body, police also discovered a nine-millimeter shell casing which a firearm expert confirmed to be from the murder weapon. 1. The evidence adduced at trial and summarized above was sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.
2. On appeal, appellant asserts that his trial counsel’s performance was deficient and that appellant was prejudiced when counsel failed to object to the admission of evidence of another crime; failed to object to the prosecutor’s calling the appellant a “terrorist” during closing argument; and failed to object to the prosecutor purportedly commenting on the credibility of witnesses during closing argument. Appellant contends that, but for these errors, he would have been convicted of voluntary manslaughter rather than malice murder.2 To prevail on a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, appellant must show counsel’s performance was deficient and that the deficient performance prejudiced him to the point that a reasonable probability exists that, but for counsel’s errors, the outcome of the trial would have been different. A strong presumption exists that counsel’s conduct falls within the broad range of professional conduct. Citation and punctuation omitted. Pruitt v. State , 282 Ga. 30, 34 4 644 SE2d 837 2007. See also Watkins v. State , 285 Ga. 107 3 674 SE2d 275 2009. Appellant has failed to meet this burden.
