GAWLAK v. State

McFadden, Judge.

After a jury trial, Albert Gawlak was convicted of aggravated sexual battery, cruelty to children in the first degree and two counts of child molestation. He appeals, claiming that the trial court erred in refusing to allow him to testify about certain hearsay statements and that his trial counsel was ineffective. Because Gawlak did not perfect the record with a sufficient proffer of the excluded testimony, we cannot reach the merits of his first claim. The ineffective assistance claim is without merit since Gawlak has not shown that trial counsel’s performance was deficient.…