Pinckney v. State

RUFFIN, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Asher Loren Pinckney guilty of armed robbery, financial transaction card theft, obstruction, attempting to elude, and driving without a license. He appeals, challenging the admissibility of several statements to police and the sufficiency of evidence supporting his armed robbery conviction. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 1 the evidence shows that a masked man entered the Sumner Suites Hotel in Cobb County at approximately 5:00 a.m. on July 18, 1997, and robbed Herbert Henderson at gunpoint. The…