Gonzales v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Lawrence Gonzales was convicted on one count of aggravated assault 1 and one count of burglary. 2 He appeals his conviction and the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and further arguing that the trial court erred in admitting irrelevant evidence and in denying his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. We first address Gonzales’s contention that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, the…