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Willie Drew was indicted on charges of terroristic threats and acts, simple battery, criminal trespass, and obstruction of a police officer. The prosecution nol prossed the charge of criminal trespass. Drew was tried before a jury, which found him guilty of the remaining counts, and his motion for new trial was denied.1 New counsel was appointed for Drew, and counsel filed a motion for out-of-time appeal, which was granted. In his appeal, Drew raises the general grounds and challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal and the trial court’s ruling that he was not denied effective assistance of counsel. We find no error and affirm.

Construed to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed that Drew had been living with the victim, his girlfriend, until shortly before the incident in question. On January 8, 1998, Drew went to the victim’s home. When the victim would not let him in, he knocked out a loose back window and crawled through. He and the victim argued, and Drew dragged the victim outside and down a hill, and punched her in the face. The victim then returned to her kitchen with Drew because she “didn’t want to get beat up.” She testified that she did not remember if she called the police or a neighbor did, but she did remember that she asked her seven-year-old daughter to call the police and Drew stopped her. The police were called, however, and when an officer responded, Drew answered the door and told the officer there was “no problem.” But the victim stepped up behind Drew and informed the officer that there was, indeed, a problem. The officer observed the victim holding a bloody tissue to her nose. The victim told the officer what had happened. While the officer was speaking with the victim, Drew started to walk up the street. He ignored the officer’s instructions to come back, entered his car, and drove away.

 
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