Pate v. State

Mikell, Judge.

A Bartow County jury convicted Barry Pate of three counts of aggravated sexual battery, sexual battery, theft by taking, impersonating an officer, obstructing an officer, and hindering an officer. On appeal, Pate argues that his trial counsel was ineffective and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence as to his aggravated sexual battery convictions. Pate also contends that the state failed to provide him exculpatory evidence, that the trial court’s instruction to the jury on the weight of the evidence was erroneous, and that his sentence is void because the state failed to…