AMAECHI v. STATE

Nos. A01A2488, A01A2489.

564 S.E.2d 22 (2002)

254 Ga. App. 490

AMAECHI v. The STATE (Two Cases).

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied March 27, 2001.

Certiorari Denied July 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stepp & Randazzo, Glynn R. Stepp, for appellant.

Collins C. Amaechi, pro se.

Daniel J. Porter, Dist. Atty., Gregory D. McKeithen, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


POPE, Presiding Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury found Collins Amaechi guilty of robbery by sudden snatching. On appeal, Amaechi claims the trial court's erroneous instructions effectively prevented the jury from considering the lesser offense of theft by taking. He also claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction. For reasons which follow, we affirm.

Viewed favorably to the verdict...

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