Dinkins v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Willie Dinkins appeals his judgment of conviction and sentence for armed robbery. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, 1 he asserts the general grounds, the State’s improper use of his pre-arrest and post-arrest silence for impeachment purposes, and his trial counsel’s ineffectiveness in failing to object to the State’s questioning on this point. We find no error and affirm.

- 1. We first consider the general grounds. Construed to support the verdict, the evidence shows that Dinkins’s co-defendant, Roderick Young, pled guilty and testified against…