Trumpler v. State

Phipps, Judge.

A jury found Dwayne Trumpler guilty of aggravated assault with the intent to rob and robbery by force. On appeal, he contends that the verdicts were contrary to the evidence and that a portion of the prosecutor’s opening statement was improper. He protests the State’s use of the theory of party to a crime because the indictment did not charge him with being a party to the crimes. Trumpler also contends that the trial court erred by granting a pretrial motion to allow testimony of a similar transaction, by not declaring a mistrial because of testimony concerning the similar…