Heard v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Antonio Heard of armed robbery, burglary, and a weapons charge following a home invasion. The trial court sentenced him to 35 years, with the first 15 to be served in custody, and denied Heard’s motion for new trial. On appeal, Heard contends that the evidence was insufficient, that the trial court should have exercised its discretion and granted him a new trial, that the trial court erred in limiting the testimony of the officer who took Heard’s statement and in admitting evidence of Heard’s prior conviction, that his trial counsel was ineffective,…