Badger v. State

Doyle, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Earnie Bernard Badger was convicted of aggravated assault, 1 possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, 2 and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, 3 and the trial court sentenced him to 20 years, to serve the first 12 in confinement. Badger appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, arguing that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to communicate a plea offer, which he would have accepted. We affirm, for reasons that follow.

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