Higgins v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Zachary Higgins appeals from his rape and aggravated sodomy convictions. He asserts that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred in its evidentiary rulings, its charge to the jury, and the sentence it imposed. We agree that Higgins received ineffective assistance of counsel, and we therefore reverse his conviction.

1. Higgins contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to object to the State’s admission of the entire disposition order in a juvenile case to prove a similar transaction. To…