Chergi v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Paul Eugene Chergi was convicted of armed robbery, possession of cocaine, felony obstruction of an officer, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He enumerates four errors on appeal.

This case arose when Chergi robbed the assistant manager of a local Shoney’s Restaurant at gunpoint in the presence of several witnesses. Piefer v. State, 228 Ga. App. 385 (491 SE2d 836) (1997) (evidence is reviewed on appeal in the light most favorable to the verdict). Just before the robbery, a security guard at a nearby…