Lamb v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

Jovan Lamb appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief, which challenged his convictions for armed false imprisonment, burglary of a conveyance, grand theft auto, and fleeing at high speed. Lamb argues, and we agree, that he was prejudiced by his trial counsel’s' ineffective assistance in failing to file a motion for new trial. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for a new trial.

Lamb’s charges arose from an armed robbery of Dexter Rhodes and his girlfriend, Chananja Jackson. According to the trial testimony, the couple had arrived at Rhodes’ home- late one…