A Bulloch County jury found Travis E. Hill guilty of armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41 a, based upon evidence which showed that Hill assisted a minor in robbing a convenience store clerk at gunpoint.1 Hill appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, contending the trial court’s rulings on three evidentiary issues constituted reversible error. Finding no error, we affirm. The relevant evidence at trial showed the following facts. In January 2002, 19-year-old Travis Hill helped his girlfriend’s 15-year-old brother, J. P., pawn a video game system. Hill used the money to purchase a handgun from a friend, and he gave the gun to J. P. Hill and J. P. discussed robbing a Time Saver convenience store, and they decided that J. P. would go inside and rob the clerk, since the clerk knew Hill and might recognize him. At approximately 3:40 a.m. on January 7, 2002, Hill drove J. P. to the store and dropped him off nearby. J. P. covered his face with a bandana and entered the store, where he robbed the clerk at gunpoint. After the robbery, J. P. ran back to Hill’s car. Hill drove J. P. home and split the money with him.
A couple of days after the robbery, the store clerk contacted police officers and told them he thought the robber was a boy who often came into the store with Hill, who had been a frequent store customer until the day after the robbery. On January 9, 2002, an officer went to Hill’s home and arrested him on an outstanding warrant from an unrelated charge. The officer first interviewed Hill at his home, then interviewed him again when they arrived at the Sheriff’s Department; he also interviewed Hill the next day, after Hill had been arrested for the armed robbery. During the custodial interviews, Hill said that J. P. had committed the robbery, and he showed the interviewing officer where J. P. lived. Hill admitted that he drove J. P. to the store on the night of the robbery, but said that he dropped J. P. off near the store and drove away. Although Hill denied that he had anything to do with the robbery, he admitted that, when he dropped J. P. off, he knew J. P. was going to rob the store and that J. P. had a gun and a bandana to cover his face. Hill also admitted that, later that morning, he drove near the store and saw J. P. running away, so he picked J. P. up and took him home. In addition to these admissions, Hill told the officer that he had pawned the video game system for J. P. and that he took J. P. to a friend’s house to buy the gun.
