SEXTON v. STATE

No. A04A1469.

603 S.E.2d 66 (2004)

268 Ga. App. 736

SEXTON v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

July 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Barnwell, Avrett, Ponder & Withrock, Dalton, for Appellant.

Kermit McManus, Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Dalton, Herbert Poston, Jr., Stephen Spencer, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.


BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, James Michael Sexton was convicted of burglary and of various theft-related offenses. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. We hold that the evidence sufficed to sustain the verdict on all counts and that the decision of his counsel as to which witnesses to call was strategic. Accordingly, we affirm.

1. On appeal from a criminal conviction...

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