knowing that doing so would implicate a wounded Issa still waiting in the back yard. Issa now contends, as he did in his motion for new trial, that his trial counsel’s argument during closing was so absurd that it amounted to ineffective assistance. But during the hearing on Issa’s motion for new trial, his trial counsel testified that in light of the strong—albeit circumstantial—evidence against his client, he believed that his theory of a third perpetrator, who faked being shot after the struggle with C. D ennings v. State, 282 Ga. 679, 681-82 (4) (653 SE2d 17) (2007) (punctuation omitted); accord Dingier v. State, 293 Ga. App. 27, 31 (3) (666 SE2d 441) (2008). 55 Dingier, 293 Ga. App. at 31 (3) punctuation omitted); see Ponder v. State, 268 Ga. 544, 545 (2) (491 SE2d 363) (1997) (<HOLDING>). 56 See Ponder, 268 Ga. at 545 (2) (finding
holding that comment by prosecutor in closing argument that defense counsel did not produce evidence of the defendants innocence was not a comment on the defendants failure to testify holding a prosecutor may not comment on a defendants silence recognizing the right of a defendant to comment upon the failure of the state to produce evidence holding the prosecutors statements were not an inappropriate comment on the defendants failure to testify but rather a comment on the defendants failure to present convincing evidence to support his defense holding that it was permissible for prosecutor to comment on the general failure of the defense to produce any evidence