Lloyd v. State

HINES, Justice.

A jury found Ronald Lloyd guilty of two counts of aggravated stalking, 1 and one count each of aggravated assault, 2 simple assault, 3 and family violence battery 4 against his girlfriend and the mother of his children, Phanessa Simpson, stemming from incidents on March 10 and 13, 2002. 5 Lloyd challenges the denial of his motion for new trial on the grounds that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions for aggravated stalking and that his trial counsel was ineffective. This case is before this Court because the Court of Appeals was equally divided on whether to…