Taylor v. State

Pope, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed robbery. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years, twelve to serve and eight on probation.

1. Appellant, represented on appeal by a new counsel who did not represent him at trial, argues that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel at trial. This is based on trial counsel’s decision not to ask for a continuance in order to compel a witness under subpoena to appear. The witness, Yvette (or Evette, both spellings appear in the record) Stewart, was appellant’s girl friend. Apparently, she would have testified that appellant spent the night…