Hall v. State

Dillard, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Kinard Hall was convicted of armed robbery, three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, burglary, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Hall’s sole argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in failing to merge one of his aggravated-assault convictions into his armed-robbery conviction. For the reasons set forth infra, we agree.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict, 1 the evidence shows that on the afternoon in question, Hall and his co-defendant, Dante Williams, went to the apartment of the…