Jones v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for rape, aggravated sodomy and simple battery. He was tried before a jury and found guilty of rape and simple battery but not guilty of aggravated sodomy. Having been granted leave to pursue an out-of-time appeal from his convictions and sentences through appointed appellate counsel different from his trial counsel, he enumerates as error only the asserted ineffective assistance of his trial counsel.

“The standard for effective assistance of counsel is not ‘errorless counsel, and not counsel judged ineffective by hindsight, but counsel reasonably likely to…