Gibbs v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Milton Gibbs appeals his convictions of DUI less safe and failure to maintain lane. He argues that the trial court erred by admitting evidence of his prior DUI conviction and that his lawyer rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to the admission of that evidence. We find no error and affirm.

Viewed in a light favorable to the jury verdict, 1 the record shows that at approximately 3:00 a.m. on April 20, 2014, Gibbs drove his SUV off the roadway around a curve on a two-lane road in Douglas County The SUV struck a telephone pole located approximately 30 feet…