Crawford v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A jury found Thomas Crawford guilty of kidnapping and two counts of armed robbery Crawford appeals, challenging the suffi- ciency of the evidence. He also argues that the trial court erred in admitting identification testimony and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. For reasons that follow, we affirm Crawford’s convictions for armed robbery, but reverse his kidnapping conviction.

1. In reviewing Crawford’s sufficiency challenge, we construe the evidence favorably to support the jury’s verdict, and Crawford no longer enjoys a presumption of…