Frazier v. the State

McMillian, Judge.

In October 2012, a jury convicted Steven Frazier of one count of rape and one count of false imprisonment. Frazier appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, asserting that the trial court erred in allowing the State to impeach him with a prior rape conviction, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Construed most strongly in support of the verdict, the evidence at trial showed that late in the evening of May 30,1998,M. 0. andher cousin were in their home watching television when M. 0. received a call from her…