Ali v. State

MCMlLLIAN, Judge.

Abdur-Raheem Haneef Ali appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial after a jury convicted him of two counts of armed robbery.1 In his sole enumeration of error on appeal, Ali argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney failed to thoroughly cross-examine a State’s witness regarding his plea to lesser charges in connection with the crimes in this case. We affirm for the reasons set forth below.

The evidence at trial showed that on the afternoon of December 18, 2012, Ali was a passenger in a car with four to five other…