Jenkins v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Jenkins’s convictions, holding that the evidence was sufficient to establish that he possessed a firearm as a convicted felon. It also held that evidence concerning Jenkins’s flight from a police roadblock was intrinsic evidence of flight rather than other-act evidence subject to Rule 404 (b), and that counsel was not ineffective for failing to request a limiting instruction. The court further concluded that any evidentiary error would have been harmless in light of the substantial evidence of guilt.