Welch v. State

Miller, Judge.

Convicted of burglary 1 and kidnapping with bodily injury, 2 Willie Welch moved for a new trial on the general grounds and on the ground that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. After two evidentiary hearings, the court denied the motion. Because evidence supports the jury’s verdict and the court’s ruling, we affirm.

1. The enumeration of the general grounds specifically challenges the evidence identifying Welch as the attacker. Construed in favor of the verdict, the trial evidence showed that Welch knocked at the victim’s apartment and requested that she call him a…