Newsome v. State

RAY, Judge.

After a jury trial, Mark Newsome was convicted of two counts of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21), one count of armed robbery (OCGA§ 16-8-41), two counts of false imprisonment (OCGA § 16-5-41), one count of burglary (OCGA § 16-7-1), one count of theft by taking (OCGA § 16-8-2), and one count of possession of a firearm during a felony (OCGA § 16-11-106).1 Newsome appeals from his convictions and the denial of his motion for a new trial, asserting that the trial court committed the following errors: failing to give requested jury instructions; allowing the jury to rehear a portion…