Thomas v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Cornelius Thomas appeals his conviction for robbery by force and for aggravated assault. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and argues that the trial court erred in swearing in the jury after the court gave some preliminary charges but before evidence was presented. We hold that the victim’s testimony sufficed to sustain the conviction and that the jury was timely sworn in. Accordingly, we affirm.

1. Thomas’s assertion that the evidence does not support the verdict is meritless.

On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the…