Smith v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Presiding Judge.
Roy Mandell Smith was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault, one count of burglary, and several firearms charges. He contends on appeal that the evidence was insufficient and that his trial counsel was ineffective for not interviewing all of the State’s witnesses and not objecting to the admission of cell phone records on relevance grounds. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.
1. On appeal, a defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Ellis v. State, 282 Ga. App. 17, 18 (1) (637 SE2d 729) (2006). We consider the evidence in the light most…
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