Edwards v. State

Miller, Judge.

Following a bench trial, the trial court found Glendon Barrington Edwards guilty of armed robbery and aggravated assault. Edwards appeals, asserting that the State failed to disprove his coercion defense and thus presented insufficient evidence to sustain his convictions. He also asserts that he did not validly waive his right to a trial by jury. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. In reviewing Edwards’ challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence, we construe the evidence in a light favorable to the verdict. See Brinson v. State, 244 Ga. App. 40 (537 SE2d 370) (2000). We do…