Williams v. State

Doyle, Judge.

After a jury trial, Scotty E Williams was convicted of armed robbery, 1 two counts of aggravated assault, 2 burglary, 3 criminal attempt to commit aggravated sodomy, 4 and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. 5 On appeal, Williams (1) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence as to each count; (2) argues that his trial counsel was ineffective; and contends that the trial court erred (3) by giving the level of certainty portion of the charge on the reliability of eyewitness identification, and (4) by failing to issue the mere presence charge as part of its…