Wallace v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Clarence Steven Wallace was convicted of three counts of felony theft by shoplifting and sentenced to ten years to serve as a recidivist under OCGA § 17-10-7 (a) and (c). He filed a motion for new trial alleging the general grounds, which Wallace later amended to include other claims, including ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied his motion, and Wallace appeals from that order. Following our review, we affirm.

“On appeal from a criminal conviction, the defendant is no longer entitled to a presumption of innocence and we…