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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. A08A0921.

667 S.E.2d 637 (2008)

JOHNSON v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied September 29, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Edwin Griner, for Appellant.

Patrick H. Head, Dist. Atty., Lynne G. Voelker, Amelia Greeson Pray, Asst. Dist. Attys., for Appellee.

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Tony Devarick Johnson guilty of aggravated assault and kidnapping.1 Johnson appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence. He also claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. Although we find the evidence sufficient, we agree that trial counsel was ineffective and reverse.

1. In reviewing Johnson's sufficiency challenge, we construe the evidence favorably to the...

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