"Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001) (citation and punctuation omitted).Watkins v. State , 285 Ga. 355, 358 (2), 676 S.E.2d 196 (2009) (citations and punctuation omitted).
A trial counsel’s tactics and strategic decisions "are almost never adequate grounds for finding trial counsel ineffective unless they are so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have chosen them."Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001).Dority v. State , 335 Ga. App. 83, 96 (4), 780 S.E.2d 129 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted).
" A trial counsel’s trial tactics and strategic decisions, "no matter how mistaken in hindsight, are almost never adequate grounds for finding trial counsel ineffective unless they are so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have chosen them."Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001) (citation and punctuation omitted).Dority v. State , 335 Ga. App. 83, 96 (4), 780 S.E.2d 129 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted).
A trial counsel’s tactics and strategic decisions "are almost never adequate grounds for finding trial counsel ineffective unless they are so patently unreasonable that no competent attorney would have chosen them."Grier v. State , 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001).Dority v. State , 335 Ga. App. 83, 96 (4), 780 S.E.2d 129 (2015) (citation and punctuation omitted).
Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363 , 365 (4) (541 SE2d 369 ) (2001) (citations and punctuation omitted). 25
(Citation and punctuation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365(4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001). “The decisions on which witnesses to call and all other strategies and tactical decisions are the exclusive province of the lawyer after consultation with his client.”
(Citation and punctuation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365(4), 541 S.E.2d 369 (2001). (a) Alexis contends that his trial counsel should have objected to the testimony of an investigator from the district attorney's office who stated that Alexis' black cell phone was retrieved from Lee's car pursuant to a search warrant.
As a general rule, reasonable trial tactics and strategies do not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel. Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4) ( 541 SE2d 369) (2001). "The decisions on which witnesses to call and all other strategies and tactical decisions are the exclusive province of the lawyer after consultation with his [or her] client."
(Citation and punctuation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4) ( 541 SE2d 369) (2001). "In the absence of testimony to the contrary, counsel's actions are presumed strategic."
(Citation omitted.) Grier v. State, 273 Ga. 363, 365 (4) ( 541 SE2d 369) (2001). We will uphold "a trial court's finding that a defendant has received effective assistance of counsel . . . unless [that finding is] clearly erroneous."