Collins v. State

MCFADDEN, Judge.

After a jury trial, Jamal Collins was convicted of armed robbery, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and possession of an article with an altered identification mark. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the failure to have him psychologically evaluated before trial, an alleged comment on his co-defendant’s right to remain silent, the imposition of sentence by a substitute judge, the judge’s failure to exercise discretion in imposing sentence and the trial court’s refusal to grant a new trial based on the admission of allegedly…