Jowers v. State

Ellington, Judge.

A Muscogee County jury convicted Larry Jowers of armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41 (a). Jowers appeals, contending the trial court erred in overruling his objections to a police investigator’s testimony and to the State’s closing argument. He also claims he was denied the effective representation of counsel during sentencing. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 2 the record shows that just after midnight on December 19, 2000, Jowers and his brother-in-law, Junior Mack, went to a Columbus gas station. Jowers went into the small…