Cedric Rockamore and Anthony Wilson were convicted of armed robbery, burglary, four counts of aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.1 Their motions for new trial were denied, and they appeal, asserting various allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel. Rockamore also asserts the general grounds. Finding no error, we affirm. A10A0864
1. Rockamore raises the general grounds, contending the State failed to present sufficient evidence to corroborate the testimony of the accomplice, Howell. We disagree. A defendant may not be convicted of a felony on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice. However, it is not required that this corroboration shall of itself be sufficient to warrant a verdict, or that the testimony of the accomplice be corroborated in every material particular. Slight evidence from an extraneous source identifying the accused as a participator in the criminal act will be sufficient corroboration of the accomplice to support a verdict. The sufficiency of the corroboration of the testimony of the accomplice to produce conviction of the defendant’s guilt is peculiarly a matter for the jury to determine. If the verdict is founded on slight evidence of corroboration connecting the defendant with the crime, it can not be said, as a matter of law, that the verdict is contrary to the evidence. Citations, punctuation, and footnotes omitted. Barnett v. State , 244 Ga. App. 585, 587 2 536 SE2d 263 2000. Here, the victims testified that the robbery was committed by a total of three men. They entered the apartment, forced the occupants to strip, and asked them “where the dope and the money at.” While the robbery was in progress, another resident of the apartment arrived at the front door with a companion. The resident unlocked the door but was unable to open it because it was chained. One of the occupants of the apartment unchained and began to open the door, and one of the robbers reached around the door and fired through the gap with a pistol, killing the resident in the hallway. The resident’s companion was also wounded as he fled. A .40 caliber bullet was recovered from the resident’s body, while a 9 mm bullet was recovered from the arm of his companion.
