Hendricks v. Stynchcombe

Gregory, Justice.

Petitioner Tyrone B. Hendricks, was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to serve twenty years in the penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed by the Court of Appeals in Hendricks v. State, 157 Ga. App. 715 (278 SE2d 453) (1981). Petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied in April, 1981. We granted his application to appeal the denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We affirm.

Petitioner’s sole enumeration of error is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial in that his attorney refused him the opportunity to take the witness stand…