Hammock v. State

MCFADDEN, Judge.

Michael Hammock was convicted of theft by taking an automobile. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. We find the evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction. In so finding, we disapprove our earlier decision, In the Interest of C. G., 261 Ga. App. 814, 815 (584 SE2d 33) (2003), to the extent that it deems testimony describing nonverbal conduct depicted on a surveillance videotape to be hearsay. We also find that trial counsel’s performance was not deficient. We therefore affirm.

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