Angelo Greene was indicted on four counts of aggravated sodomy1, two counts of rape,2 two counts of aggravated assault,3 and a single count each of false imprisonment,4 kidnapping with bodily injury,5 and criminal attempt to commit aggravated sexual battery.6 A jury found him guilty of two counts of aggravated sodomy, one count of rape, false imprisonment, and kidnapping with bodily injury. With respect to the charges for aggravated assault and criminal attempt to commit aggravated sexual battery, the jury found Greene guilty of the lesser included offense of simple battery7. The jury acquitted Greene of the remaining rape and aggravated sodomy charges. Greene now appeals his convictions, claiming he received ineffective assistance of counsel and asserting fourteen separate enumerations of error in support of that claim. Finding no merit in any of Greene’s enumerations, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Daugherty v. State, 8 the record shows that Greene and the female victim were acquaintances who, in April 2004, each attended the birthday party of a mutual friend. As the victim was leaving the party, Greene asked if she would give him a ride home. The victim agreed, and Greene got into her truck. Following Greene’s directions, the victim drove to a cul-de-sac in a residential neighborhood, where she was expecting to drop Greene off. Instead of exiting the vehicle, however, Greene propositioned the victim. When the victim rejected Greene’s advances, he slapped her, causing her head to hit the truck’s window. Greene then placed his hands around the victim’s neck and began to strangle her. When the victim attempted to defend herself by gouging at Greene’s eyes, he bit her hand. In the ensuing struggle, the victim managed to release her seatbelt and open the driver’s side door. She fell as she attempted to exit the vehicle and Greene followed her through the door, landing on top of her on the pavement.
After forcing the victim to undress from the waist down, Greene made her drive to a nearby elementary school. There Greene sodomized and raped her, and unsuccessfully attempted to have anal sex with her. Greene then had the victim drive away from the elementary school and directed her to drop him off in a nearby neighborhood, warning her not to tell anyone about the incident.
