Hunter v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following the denial of both his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of incest 1 and his motion for post-conviction DNA testing, Octavious Hunter appeals, arguing that his plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance and that the trial court erred in denying him the opportunity to contest the evidence that he and the victim were related. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The record shows that in July 2005, Hunter’s 23-year-old half-sister, S. H., met Hunter and one of his friends at a local nightclub to celebrate S. H.’s birthday. After becoming…