Tucker v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
MlKELL, Chief Judge.
Antron Adon Tucker, convicted by a jury of one count of the sale of Ecstacy 1 and one count of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute, appeals from the denial of his amended motion for new trial, contending that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to several portions of the state’s opening and closing arguments.
On appellate review of a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, and the defendant no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. 2 We do not weigh the evidence or…
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