Washington v. State

679 S.E.2d 111 (2009)

WASHINGTON

v.

The STATE.

No. A09A0477.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

May 22, 2009.

William J. Mason, Atlanta, for Washington.

John Gray Conger, Dist. Atty., LaRae D. Moore, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

ADAMS, Judge.

Tony Washington was convicted by a jury of simple assault, false imprisonment and battery with substantial visible bodily harm—family violence. He appeals following the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing in his sole enumeration of error on appeal that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a demurrer to Count 3 of the indictment. We find no…