Calloway v. the State

McFadden, Judge.

On appeal from his convictions for aggravated assault and robbery by force, Ernest Calloway argues that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel in several respects. But Calloway did not challenge his trial counsel’s effectiveness in a motion for new trial. The record contains only an initial motion for new trial, filed by Calloway’s trial counsel, that did not allege ineffective assistance. In fact, trial counsel was not permitted to allege his own ineffectiveness in that motion. See Hood v. State, 282 Ga. 462, 463 (651 SE2d 88) (2007). Although Calloway obtained…