Gaye v. State

Banke, Judge.

Following a non-jury trial, the appellant was convicted of simple battery and simple assault. In this pro se appeal, he asserts that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions and that his court-appointed trial counsel provided ineffective representation.

The trial was not reported, and consequently no transcript of the evidence is before us. However, the record does include a narrative summary of the evidence, which was prepared by the the trial judge pursuant to OCGA § 5-6-41 (g). It appears from this summary that the state’s only witness was the alleged assault…