HARKNESS v. STATE

61351.

158 Ga. App. 515 (1981)

281 S.E.2d 281

HARKNESS v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arch E. McGarity, for appellant.

E. Byron Smith, District Attorney, for appellee.


POPE, Judge.

Convicted of two counts of selling marijuana in violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, Harkness appeals, enumerating as sole error that the defense tactics of his retained attorney at trial were so ineffective as to deny him his constitutional right to counsel.

Appellant's assertion that throughout the trial his attorney "failed to make objections that should have been made, or made nonsensical objections which displayed his total...

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