In a bifurcated trial, a Chatham County jury convicted Kenneth Ray Chatman, Jr., of armed robbery, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Chatman was sentenced to life on the armed robbery, twenty years to run concurrent on the aggravated assault, fifteen years to serve consecutive to the armed robbery on the possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and five years to serve concurrent with count one on the remaining conviction.1 On appeal, Chatman raises the single enumeration of error that his trial counsel was ineffective. Finding no error, we affirm Chatman’s convictions. The evidence adduced at trial showed the following. Deandra Reedy and Shaunte Mitchell, and Mitchell’s son, Shadray Mitchell, and her sister, Chaquita Jones, lived in an apartment in Chatham County. Reedy testified that during the early morning hours on March 16, 2007, she was awakened by the sound of a window breaking in her room; that a man held a gun through the window and told her to give him money or he would shoot her; that Mitchell2 and Jones came into the room and the perpetrator continued to demand money; and that Mitchell left the room and came back with money that she gave to Reedy to give to the man. Mitchell called the police. Reedy recalled that she told the police that the perpetrator was a tall black man, whom she had seen around her neighborhood, but she maintained that she did not know him. Reedy testified that the man wore a hat, but she could not recall if he had on a jacket. Reedy later identified Chatman as the perpetrator at the police station.
Mitchell testified that on the evening in question, she worked as a dancer from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. When she arrived home, she noticed that a white four-door car with blue stripes was circling her block and that the car was being driven by a female, who was accompanied by a male passenger. Mitchell testified that she thought the car belonged to a female named T. J. Mitchell further testified that she entered her home and went to her room, which she shared with Reedy, and saw a man bust the window in the room and point a gun at Reedy; that the man told Reedy to tell Mitchell to give him all of her money; and that she complied with his request then called the police. Mitchell recalled that the money she gave the man was money she earned as tips so it was in small denominations, specifically several one dollar bills and a few twenty dollar bills. Mitchell recalled that the man had on a white hat and a grey jacket. Mitchell also testified that Reedy told her that she knew the perpetrator, whom she called “Kenny Blue.” Mitchell’s sister, Jones, who was twelve years old when the incident occurred, also testified that after the incident, Reedy said “that’s that boy Kenny Blue.”
