Maddox v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Charles Maddox was convicted of two counts of armed robbery-arising out of his assisting a gunman take purses from L. Y. and L. E. He asserts four grounds for appeal: (i) insufficiency of the evidence; (ii) admission of his prior convictions; (iii) improper impeachment of his alibi witnesses; and (iv) ineffective assistance of counsel.

1. Viewing the evidence favorable to the verdict, could any rational trier of fact have found the elements of two armed robberies beyond a reasonable doubt? See Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

Two males…