Robinson v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

Matthew Robinson was convicted of armed robbery and aggravated assault, but the trial judge merged the aggravated assault count into the armed robbery count at sentencing. On appeal Robinson contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion in limine because evidence of an unrelated crime which placed his character in issue was improperly admitted, and that the trial court erred in overruling his objection to certain hearsay testimony.

1. The seventy-four-year-old victim was beaten and robbed after he answered the doorbell of his residence/boardinghouse. He…