Humphrey v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

There is a lesson to be learned from an unyielding line that runs throughout the length of our legal system. And its singular logic is simple: harm is the adulterant that raises error to the level of dispo sitional consideration. That principle, so firm and so fixed in our jurisprudence, is seldom, if ever, subject to inversal.

A jury found David Humphrey guilty of robbery by intimidation. On appeal, Humphrey contends that the trial court erred in (1) admitting evidence of a similar transaction, (2) permitting the victim to make a victim impact statement, and (3) commenting on…