Harper v. State

Phipps, Judge.

In connection with an armed robbery at a jewelry store, Chad Neal Harper, Kelvin Williams, and Deon Reed, along with two others, were co-indicted, tried together, and convicted of numerous crimes. The appeals of Harper, Williams, and Reed are consolidated herein; the other two cases are not at issue. For reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgments entered in Harper’s and Reed’s cases and affirm in part and reverse in part the judgment in Williams’s case.

At the jury trial, the state showed that at about 3:00 p.m. on March 31, 2003, four black men wearing gloves and masks or…