Ford v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

A jury found Tyrone Ford guilty of burglary. The trial court sentenced Ford as a recidivist to 20 years without the possibility of parole. Ford appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and asserting that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

1. “ ‘On appeal from a criminal conviction, the evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, and the appellant (defendant here) no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence; moreover, an appellate court does not weigh the evidence or deter mine witness…