Daniel v. the State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
McFADDEN, Judge.
After a jury trial, Desmond Daniel was convicted of burglary He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the lack of a jury charge on trespass as a lesser offense, and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. However, there was sufficient evidence to support the verdict, there was no evidence to authorize a jury charge on trespass as a lesser offense, and there has been no showing that trial counsel’s performance was both deficient and prejudicial. Accordingly, we affirm.
1. Sufficiency of the evidence.
“On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in…
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