Baker v. State

Ellington, Judge.

A DeKalb County jury convicted Willie Lee Baker of aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction, that the trial court should have declared a mistrial following a prejudicial witness statement, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. Baker argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. Baker relied on the defense of misidentification at trial and now claims that, because the State’s witnesses…