Legal Opinion

Roberts v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 16, 2002No. A02A1376PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Willie Roberts was convicted of one count of armed robbery and one count of aggravated assault. On appeal he contends that (1) his trial counsel was ineffective, (2) the trial court erred in allowing police officers to identify Roberts as the man shown in a videotape of the robbery, and (3) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the convictions. We discern no error and affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence reveals that late one night two men with handguns and wearing bandanna masks entered a gas station food mart. One of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ponder v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
  2. Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Dawson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  2. Grimes v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
  3. Bradford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  4. Scott v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2007
  5. Owens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012

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