Hill v. State

Bernes, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Aristola D. Hill was convicted of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of kidnapping. Hill appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in admitting similar transaction evidence and in failing to merge the kidnapping into the armed robbery and aggravated assault convictions. Finding no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence at trial shows that at approximately 5:00 a.m., November 30,1997, Hill and Thomas Lee Chapman drove to the home of Chapman’s brother, Bobby Miles, to inform him that…