GUZMAN v. STATE

No. A03A0743.

580 S.E.2d 654 (2003)

260 Ga. App. 689

GUZMAN v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Corbin, for appellant.

Kermit N. McManus, Dist. Atty., Susan L. Franklin, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


ELDRIDGE, Judge.

A Whitfield County jury found Javier Perez Guzman guilty of burglary, which charge arose when Guzman broke down his neighbors' apartment door and entered their residence in the hopes of acquiring "pills." He appeals, and, in his sole enumeration of error, Guzman contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial because his attorney did not pursue a medical defense to demonstrate Guzman's lack of criminal intent. For the reasons that...

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