White v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

In a five-count indictment, Willie Frank White was charged with murder, felony murder (two counts), kidnapping with bodily injury, and aggravated assault. Following a bench trial, White was convicted of the lesser included offenses of voluntary manslaughter and kidnapping. The trial court sentenced him to serve twenty years for the manslaughter, plus ten years for the kidnapping. On appeal from the order denying his amended motions for new trial, White contends that the trial court erred in concluding that his trial counsel rendered effective assistance. We affirm.

The evidence…