Antonio Bridges was convicted of robbery by force or intimidation, theft by taking, fleeing and attempting to elude, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, reckless driving, no license on person, and failure to stop at a stop sign. On appeal, Bridges’s sole claim of error is that the trial court improperly admitted certain testimony of the victim’s mother that he claims was irrelevant and improperly bolstered the victim’s testimony. Finding no reversible error, we affirm. “On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, with the defendant no longer enjoying a presumption of innocence.” Reese v. State , 270 Ga. App. 522, 523 607 SE2d 165 2004. So viewed, the evidence shows that on May 19, 2005, the victim, a college student, borrowed her mother’s car for the day. While standing outside her dorm, the victim saw Bridges, one of her acquaintances, and they agreed to drive to the location of a mutual friend, “Cali.” The victim drove them in her mother’s car. On the way, they picked up two men who Bridges said were his friends. Bridges asked the victim if she would drop off his two friends at their house, and the victim agreed. At Bridges’s direction, the victim then drove to a nearby apartment complex and parked the car. After she parked, however, Bridges told the victim to get out of the car. When she refused, Bridges reached behind his back and said, “I have a tool.” When the victim again refused to get out, Bridges punched her in the jaw. Fearful that she would be beaten, the victim exited the car, as did the other two men, and Bridges drove away.
The victim called 911 and reported the incident. The next day, two police officers spotted Bridges in the stolen vehicle and began to pursue him after activating the blue lights and siren on their marked patrol vehicle. Failing to stop, Bridges turned down a side street and accelerated to approximately 75 miles per hour, despite the posted speed limit of 25 miles per hour. Bridges ran several stop signs, parked the car in a restaurant parking lot, and attempted to flee on foot. The officers apprehended Bridges after a foot chase. He had no driver’s license on his person. After he was informed of his Miranda rights, Bridges admitted that “he actually stole the car.”
