Orr v. State

Smith, Chief Judge.

Marcus Orlando Orr was indicted on charges of rape and statutory rape. A jury found him guilty of statutory rape but was unable to reach a verdict on the rape charge, and the trial court declared a mistrial as to rape. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Orr appeals his conviction. He raises several challenges to the denial of his motion for new trial, all of which concern a detective’s testimony at trial. He contends that it was error to admit the detective’s testimony for various reasons, that his appointed trial counsel was ineffective in failing to…