BURCE v. STATE

No. A09A1048.

683 S.E.2d 901 (2009)

BURCE v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 25, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam S. Levin, H. Bradford Morris, Jr., Gainesville, for appellant.

Lee Darragh, Dist. Atty., Juliet Aldridge, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.


PHIPPS, Judge.

Kildgret Emmanuel Burce was convicted of statutory rape after a jury trial. He appeals the trial court's denial of his motion for new trial, maintaining that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no merit in Burce's claim of error, we affirm.

"[T]o succeed on a claim of ineffective assistance, [a defendant] must prove both that his trial counsel's performance was deficient and that there is a reasonable probability that the...

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