Christopher v. State

MCFADDEN, Judge.

Virgil Christopher appeals his aggravated assault conviction. He argues that trial counsel was ineffective, primarily for failing to make several objections to the state’s closing argument. Christopher has not shown both that counsel’s performance was deficient and that there is a reasonable probability that any deficiency changed the outcome of the trial. We therefore affirm Christopher’s conviction.

Construed to support the verdict, the evidence shows that after Christopher and his girlfriend, Coleshia Jones, argued, he took a red Chevrolet Impala she had rented. When they…