Al-Attawy v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Hakeem Al-Attawy was convicted of aggravated sodomy, aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, and two counts of child molestation. The trial court denied his motion for new trial. On appeal, Al-Attawy claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel did not object when an expert witness testified that she found a videotaped statement by the victim to be “credible.” Alternatively, he seeks a remand for an evidentiary hearing on whether his current appellate counsel provided ineffective assistance at the hearing on his…