Herminio Reyes was convicted of malice murder and related offenses in the stabbing death of Sadot Ozuna-Carmona. He challenged the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of evidence under the residual hearsay exception, and trial counsel’s performance. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed. The court held that the evidence authorized the murder verdict and that the challenged evidence was admissible or its admission did not prejudice Reyes. It also rejected the ineffective-assistance claims after reviewing counsel’s investigation, objections, and cross-examination. The court emphasized that counsel vigorously tested the State’s witnesses, including exposing inconsistencies in a witness’s accounts of what he told police. Reyes failed to show both deficient performance and a reasonable probability of a different result. The convictions and sentence therefore remained in place.