Wallace v. State

Barnes, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Michael Wallace of rape, aggravated assault, and kidnapping with bodily injury, and he was sentenced as a recidivist to multiple consecutive life sentences. Wallace argues on appeal that his trial counsel was ineffective and the trial court erred in denying his motion to be present at the hearing on his motion for new trial; in curtailing his witness examinations during the motion hearing; and in sustaining the State’s objection to his psychiatrist’s affidavit. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the trial court.

1. We view the evidence on appeal in the…