Polk v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Mikell, Judge.
After a jury trial, Tyrone Polk, Jr., was convicted of aggravated stalking and burglary. The trial court sentenced Polk to twenty years on each count to run concurrent, ten in confinement and ten on probation. In his sole enumeration of error, Polk claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel failed to file a timely demurrer to the indictment and waived opening argument. Polk argues that his trial counsel’s failure to submit requests to charge, interview two of the state’s witnesses, and request a continuance to secure the testimony of…
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