McGlocklin v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Michael McGlocklin was tried by a jury and convicted of robbery. He was sentenced as a recidivist to serve 20 years, the first 18 years in confinement and the remainder on probation. After his conviction, McGlocklin was appointed appellate counsel who filed a motion for new trial and asserted, along with general grounds, several ineffective assistance of counsel claims. The trial court denied McGlocklin’s motion for new trial, and he appealed. After McGlocklin filed several complaints against his appellate counsel with the State Bar of Georgia, she withdrew from representing…