Jowers v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Timothy Jowers appeals his conviction of robbery by intimidation. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of proof of an independent crime, and the denial of his motion to suppress evidence of a police officer’s identification of him. We find no merit in these claims of error and affirm.

Larry Sarver, manager of a Waffle House in DeKalb County, testified that in the early morning of June 19, 1998, an African-American male entered the restaurant and began talking to Crystal Buchans, a waitress. After Sarver approached him, the man reached into his pants pocket…