Legal Opinion
Pennington v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 27, 2012No. A11A2345PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ellington, Chief Judge.
A Gwinnett County jury found Derek Pennington guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of false imprisonment, OCGA § 16-5-41 (a); burglary, OCGA § 16-7-1 (a); and aggravated assault, OCGA § 16-5-21 (a) (2). He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his convictions and that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm.
1. Pennington contends that the State presented insufficient evidence to support his convictions, arguing that the victim’s pretrial statements to…
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