Baker v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Donald Baker guilty on two counts of armed robbery and one count of theft by receiving stolen property. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Baker appeals, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction, that the trial court erred in allowing improper character evidence, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Having reviewed these claims, we affirm.

Construing the evidence presented in Baker’s second trial in favor of the verdict, 2 the record reveals that on February 23, 2005, as Michael Brawner stopped at…