Callahan's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on this ground fails. See Lewis v. State, 249 Ga. App. 488, 491-492 (2) ( 548 SE2d 457) (2001). (d) Counsel's failure to request a mistrial after the State elicited testimony concerning grand jury proceedings.
(Footnote omitted.) Lewis v. State, 249 Ga. App. 488, 491 (2) ( 548 S.E.2d 457) (2001). Moreover, as we have held that the evidence was sufficient to find Gillison guilty of felony obstruction, Gillison cannot establish a reasonable possibility that the outcome of his trial would have been different but for his trial counsel's failure to argue for the lesser included offense of simple assault instead of the lesser included offense of misdemeanor obstruction.
On April 8, 1999, Petitioner was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole following a jury trial in which he was found guilty of two counts of Armed Robbery. Doc. 1, p. 1. Petitioner appealed to the Court of Appeals of Georgia alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, but Petitioner's appeal was denied on May 4, 2001. See Lewis v. State, 249 Ga. App. 488 (2001). Petitioner contends that he appealed to the Supreme Court of Georgia, provides the docket number 2013-cv-430, and states that the decision denying his appeal was issued on October 20, 2014. However Petitioner does not provide supporting evidence that he appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court on direct review.