James v. State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Steven James appeals his convictions for multiple counts of armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, and one count of attempt to commit armed robbery. He contends the trial court erred by denying his motion for a directed verdict of acquittal, allowing the state to elicit improper hearsay testimony, and allowing the state to improperly impeach a witness. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution,1 the evidence showed that on the evening of January 13, 2004, David *407Turner…