Laing v. State

Doyle, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Jordan Laing was convicted of armed robbery. He appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by refusing his request to poll the jury and by failing to give a particular jury instruction. Laing also alleges that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm, for reasons that follow.

Construed in favor of the verdict, 2 the evidence shows that on February 17, 2007, Laing picked up Michael Gilbert and Major Chapman in Laing’s mother’s minivan and drove to a Publix shopping center. In the parking lot, the three men discussed robbing a customer at the…