Johnson v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Tony Devarick Johnson guilty of aggravated assault and kidnapping. Johnson appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Although we find the evidence sufficient, we agree that trial counsel was ineffective and reverse.

1. In reviewing Johnson’s sufficiency challenge, we construe the evidence favorably to the jury’s verdict. McKay v. State, 251 Ga. App. 115, 116 (553 SE2d 672) (2001). We do not weigh the evidence or resolve issues of witness credibility, but merely determine…