Sillah v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Marcus Sillah appeals his conviction for armed robbery, 1 aggravated assault, 2 and obstructing an officer (misdemeanor). 3 He argues that the trial court erred in (i) allowing a co-indictee (who had already pled guilty) to take the stand in the presence of the jury, even though the co-indictee had announced that he would not testify, (ii) admitting the co-indictee’s guilty plea without giving limiting instructions, and (iii) finding Sillah did not carry his burden of showing ineffective assistance of counsel. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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