Latron Oneal Gibbs was found guilty by a Clayton County jury of two counts of armed robbery, three counts of aggravated assault, and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and sentence. Gibbs contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress in-court identifications, in failing to charge the jury on impeachment by disproving testimony, and in charging the jury on the “level of certainty” of an identification. We find no merit in any of Gibbs’s contentions and affirm. As stated succinctly by Gibbs, he was “convicted of robbing two guests with a pistol and attempting to rob several other guests at an apartment complex Christmas party.” The party was being held in a clubroom located over the leasing office of the complex. Residents of the complex had been invited to have their children’s photographs made with Santa Claus and to stay for refreshments. Present were several residents and their young children, some of the management staff, a photographer, and a man who volunteered to play Santa. Victims testified at trial that the robber entered brandishing a silver gun and told them he would not hurt anyone, but he needed money for Christmas. The photographer testified that he gave the robber $58.00, and a leasing consultant testified he gave the robber $7.00.
An assistant manager was just outside the clubroom smoking when the robber made his entrance, and she fled unnoticed and telephoned 911. A Clayton County police officer happened to be sitting in his patrol car in front of the apartment complex, and he responded to the call within one minute. When the officer entered the front door of the leasing office and announced himself, Gibbs ran out the back door. The officer immediately ran around the building, where he spotted a man in black with a gun in his hand running from the back door. The officer gave chase. He never lost sight of the man and saw him drop the gun while scaling a fence. It was later retrieved and identified by several victims and the officer. The officer eventually caught and arrested the man in another building in the complex, attempting to hide under a stairwell. The officer identified Gibbs in court as the man he chased and arrested.
