Coleman v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Jemal David Coleman and a co-defendant were jointly tried for the robbery of a bank. The jury found Coleman guilty of the charged offense, and the trial court denied his motion for new trial. On appeal, Coleman challenges the sufficiency of the evidence. Coleman further contends that the trial court’s charge to the jury on impeachment of a witness by a prior conviction amounted to an improper comment on the evidence; that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce into evidence the statement of his nontestifying co-defendant in violation of his Sixth…