Lee v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for felony theft by taking and was convicted by a jury of misdemeanor theft by taking. On the first appearance of this case, before this court, we remanded the case to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing on the issue of whether appellant’s trial counsel was ineffective due to his failure to present character witnesses on her behalf. Lee v. State, 199 Ga. App. 246 (3) (404 SE2d 598) (1991). At the hearing on remand, appellant testified that she retained her trial counsel to represent her; that counsel did not dis cuss the case or potential defenses…