Burkes v. State

Miller, Chief Judge.

A Muscogee County jury convicted Kentorie Rashad Burkes of one count of aggravated child molestation (OCGA § 16-6-4 (c)). Burkes appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion for a new trial, arguing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to call several defense witnesses. Concluding that Burkes failed to carry his burden of showing that his trial counsel’s performance was deficient, we affirm.

On appeal from a trial court’s decision on an ineffective assistance of counsel claim, “[w]e accept the trial court’s factual…