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The State charged Allen with committing armed robbery, aggravated assault and other crimes during a home invasion. One of Allen’s co-defendants, James Marino, entered a guilty plea to the charges. At Allen’s jury trial, the trial court granted Marino immunity from further prosecution in exchange for his testimony. The jury found Allen guilty on several of the charges.1 Allen appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, challenging the trial court’s grant of immunity to Marino and raising an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. For the reasons explained below, we find that Allen has no standing to challenge the grant of immunity to Marino. We also conclude that Allen cannot show prejudice to sustain his ineffective-assistance claim. Accordingly, we affirm.

1. In his first enumeration of error, Allen contends that the trial court erred by granting Marino immunity in exchange for his testimony at Allen’s trial. Allen argues that, in granting immunity to Marino, the trial court failed to comply with the procedural requirements of former OCGA § 24-9-282 and that this failure violated Marino’s constitutional rights.

 
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