ROBERTS v. STATE

No. A97A2199.

494 S.E.2d 689 (1997)

229 Ga. App. 783

ROBERTS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied December 10, 1997.

Certiorari Denied March 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Word & Mitchell, Gerald P. Word, Maryellen S. Mitchell, Carrollton, for appellant.

James R. Osborne, District Attorney, David B. Fife, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


BLACKBURN, Judge.

James Dorsey Roberts was convicted of three counts of child molestation. The victim, his stepdaughter, who was twelve years old at the time of trial, testified that the molestation occurred from the time she was six years old until she was around eleven years old. Roberts appeals the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

"To prove an ineffective...

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