A Fulton County jury found Andre Russell guilty of hijacking a motor vehicle, OCGA § 16-5-44.1 b; three counts of armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41 a; three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, OCGA § 16-5-21 a 2; possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, OCGA § 16-11-106 b 1; and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, OCGA § 40-6-395 a. Russell appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending that the trial court erred in admitting identification evidence, in giving a “level of certainty” jury charge, and in rejecting his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict,1 the record shows that, at about 2:00 a.m. on December 27, 2007, Maggie Hall was driving with two of her friends through the Grant Park neighborhood of Atlanta. When Hall stopped her green, 2002 Honda Accord at a red light, a light-colored van came to a stop next to her car and two armed men got out of it. The man who got out of the passenger side of the van, later identified as Russell, walked to the rear driver’s side door of Hall’s vehicle, where Asher Kincaid was sitting. Kincaid quickly locked her door, so Russell pointed his weapon at Hall and demanded money. The unidentified man who got out of the driver’s side of the van, Russell’s accomplice, approached Hall’s front seat passenger, Joseph Keck, and demanded money from him at gunpoint. The accomplice then opened the rear passenger door and demanded money from Kincaid. After Russell and his accomplice had robbed the three victims, the accomplice ordered the victims to get out of the car. The accomplice drove away in the van and Russell took Hall’s Honda. One of the victims called 911 from a cell phone, and then the three walked to a nearby police precinct where they told an officer what had happened. They all gave descriptions of the robbers, and Hall described the man who robbed her as wearing his hair in shoulder length “twists or dreads.” Hall told the police that she was confident that she could identify the person who had robbed her.
