Anderson v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A Cobb County jury found Charles Anderson guilty of armed robbery, and the trial court sentenced him as a recidivist to life imprisonment without parole. Anderson filed a motion for new trial, as amended, which the trial court denied. On appeal, Anderson contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce evidence of his recorded telephone conversations made from jail and in sentencing him as a recidivist. Anderson further contends that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

“Following a criminal…