Melvin Allen v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia December 07, 2016 ATLANTA,____________________ The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A17A0679. MELVIN ALLEN v. THE STATE. In 2006, Melvin Allen was convicted of armed robbery. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Allen appealed, but we affirmed his conviction. Allen v. State,

298 Ga. App. 807

( 681 SE2d 243) (2009). In 2016, Allen filed a “Motion for New Trial Due to a Defective Indictment, Insufficient Evidence to Support the Charge, Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel.” The trial court treated this pleading as an…