Williams v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Troy Truelle Williams, convicted of one count of armed robbery and six counts of kidnapping, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the trial judge violated OCGA § 17-8-57 and that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a mistrial because of this alleged violation.

*5111. Viewed with all inferences in favor of the jury’s verdict, Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979), the evidence was that Williams had previously been employed as a night manager by RMS Management Services, which owned…