Court of Appeals of Georgia July 27, 2009, A09A1354 (Grindle v. State)

Ellington, Judge.

A Gwinnett County jury found Paul Grindle guilty of robbery, OCGA § 16-8-40 (a); aggravated battery, OCGA § 16-5-24 (a); and battery, OCGA § 16-5-23.1 (a). Pursuant to a granted motion for an out-of-time appeal, Grindle contends his trial counsel was ineffective

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for failing to object to the hearsay testimony of an accomplice who identified him as the robber.