Boyd v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, James Edward Boyd appeals his conviction on two counts of aggravated assault 1 and on one count of false imprisonment, 2 arguing that (i) the evidence was insufficient as to venue and as to one of the aggravated assault counts, (ii) the two aggravated assault counts should have merged, (iii) the court failed to instruct the jury on hands as deadly weapons, (iv) the prosecutor improperly expressed a personal belief in a witness’s veracity during closing argument, and (v) Boyd received ineffective assistance of counsel. Discerning no error, we…