Brown v. the State

McMlLLIAN, Judge.

Johnny Jerome Brown was convicted following a bench trial of felony and misdemeanor theft by taking. Brown filed a motion for new trial asserting the general grounds, and after he was appointed new appellate counsel, amended his motion to also raise a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence. The trial court denied Brown’s motion following a hearing, and Brown filed a notice of appeal to this Court. As more fully set forth below, we now affirm.

1. Brown first contends that his waiver of jury trial was not knowingly and intelligently made and that the trial court erred by…