Snell v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Snell appeals his convictions for the armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41 (a) and aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (1) & (d), of a 77-year-old man in the man’s home. Snell was charged with stabbing and attempting to strangle the victim and with taking from the victim $132 in cash and two small caliber pistols.

Snell’s appointed appellate counsel raises two challenges: The convictions should be reversed because Snell’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance under the state standard of Pitts v. Glass, 231 Ga. 638, 639 (203 SE2d 515) (1974), as applied in Hicks v. State, 169…