SMITH v. STATE

No. A08A2285.

674 S.E.2d 647 (2009)

SMITH v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

March 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitmer & Law, George H. Law III, Gainesville, for appellant.

N. Stanley Gunter, District Attorney, Thomas D. Wight, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


PHIPPS, Judge.

Gary Wayne Smith was convicted of child molestation and sexual battery. Claiming ineffective assistance of counsel, Smith asserts that his trial counsel violated the trial court's ruling on Smith's motion in limine and elicited prejudicial testimony from a child psychologist who testified for the state. Finding no merit in his claims of deficient performance, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury's verdict, the evidence showed...

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