Williams v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

Eddie Williams appeals from a conviction of burglary and attempted rape. He was sentenced to ten years in prison for the burglary and thirty years for attempted rape of a nine-year-old girl. The only point raised on appeal is the violation of Williams’s right to effective counsel. We affirm the conviction because lack of effective assistance of counsel did not become an issue at the trial, and it is therefore not an issue which can be raised on appeal.

The conviction occurred in 1984. The evidence favorable to the state showed that Williams was discovered by the mother…