BATTISE v. State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

Marvin Battise, Jr., was convicted of armed robbery. He argues that the evidence was insufficient to authorize his conviction and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no merit in Battise’s claims, we affirm.

1. When an appellant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction, “the relevant question is whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.”

So viewed, the evidence showed the…