Boykin v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Following the denial of her motion for new trial, Retha Boykin appeals her conviction of the burglary of a Macy’s department store. She raises three issues for us to decide. First, she charges her trial counsel with ineffective assistance in allowing the prosecutor to question the arresting officer concerning her post-arrest silence. Second, she claims counsel was ineffective in not informing her of the impact of sentencing under the recidivist act. Third, she challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Because we hold that her counsel was not ineffective and that the evidence…