Askew v. State

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

A DeKalb County jury found Antavious Askew guilty of aggravated assault, and following the denial of his motion for new trial, he appeals. He enumerates as error the trial court’s grant of the State’s motion in limine to exclude evidence of the victim’s cocaine use, and the trial court’s ruling that he could not use the victim’s prior convictions for impeachment purposes. He also contends that trial counsel was ineffective. Following our review, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that the victim was leaving a friend’s…