Gordon v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Following denial of his motion for new trial, Charles Gordon appeals his convictions of aggravated assault and false imprisonment. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, complains of a jury instruction, and claims ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We find no grounds for a reversal but remand for a hearing on the ineffectiveness claim.

On October 6, 1998, at approximately 10:30 p.m., 16-year-old Jason Johnson got off work from his job at a restaurant on River Street in Savannah. His mother was supposed to pick him up, but she was not there. He sat on the front curb…