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Biggins v. State

The evidence showed that the defendant was properly advised that he was facing a mandatory life sentence without parole, he insisted that he wanted a jury trial and he failed to show that he probably would have accepted a plea deal had he known a life sentence was mandatory.

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Raheen Jamal Biggins appeals from his conviction for armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict,1 that the trial court erred in failing to remedy an alleged Brady violation, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307, 319 III B 99 SCt 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979, the evidence shows that the victim, Herlynda Castro, was working as a paid confidential informant for the Chatham-Savannah Counter Narcotics Team CNT, a law enforcement unit that sets up undercover purchases of illegal drugs. Castro arranged to purchase crack cocaine at a park near a middle school, where the purchase would be under surveillance by CNT agents on the scene and via an audio recording device on Castro’s person as well as an open line on her cell phone. The drug dealers approached Castro at the park, and she got into their car. After driving a short distance, the front-seat passenger, Biggins, demanded money from her, pulled out a gun, and threatened to shoot her in the face. Castro gave $450 to the backseat passenger, Andre Heyward. Although Castro testified that she snatched the money back from Heyward when she realized the men were not going to give her the drugs, after Biggins threatened to shoot her in the face, she gave the money to him. Castro then got out of the car and walked away.

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