Murray v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

following a jury trial, Timothy Lee Murray appeals his conviction on two counts of aggravated sexual battery, 1 arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new tried in which he asserted a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Because evi dence supported the trial court’s finding that the ineffective assistance claim lacked merit, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, Short v. State, 2 the evidence shows that while staying at a friend’s house, Murray entered a bedroom where two pre-teen girls were sleeping and put his hand or fingers…