Potts v. the State

Branch, Judge.

Aerius Deshad Potts was tried by a Carroll County jury and convicted of seven counts of aggravated assault, 1 three counts of felony cruelty to children, 2 one count of armed robbery, 3 one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, 4 and one count of possession of a pistol or revolver by a person under 18 years of age. 5 He now appeals from the denial of his motion for a new trial, asserting that the trial court erred in charging the jury and in failing to merge two of the aggravated assault convictions with the armed robbery conviction. We find no error…