Wyche v. State

Adams, Judge.

Stephen Maurice Wyche was convicted by a jury of one count of armed robbery, one count of kidnapping and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of nine similar transactions, in allowing the state to elicit hearsay eyewitness identification testimony and in sentencing him as a recidivist to life without parole on the armed robbery charge.

The evidence at trial showed that on July 13, 2000 between 9:00 and 9:30 a.m., Wyche entered a Discount Auto Parts store in Lithia Springs. No other…