Houston v. the State

Boggs, Judge.

A jury found Anthony Houston guilty of armed robbery. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Houston appeals, asserting as error the trial court’s ruling on an objection and also asserting that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence showed that the victim stopped to offer a ride to her friend Kristlin Simmons and Simmons’ boyfriend, Houston, whom the victim did not know. Simmons and Houston were walking down the street around midnight. Houston told the victim that they did not…