Robinson v. State

Prenell Robinson was convicted of eight counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of theft by taking and one count of arson in the second degree. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and the effectiveness of his trial counsel. The challenges are without merit, and we thus affirm his convictions. 1. On appeal from a criminal conviction, we view the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and the appellant is no longer presumed innocent.1 We do not weigh evidence or determine witness credibility, but determine only if the evidence is sufficient to support a finding of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.2

Viewed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that on September 11, 2001, a man wielding a handgun stole several cases of beer from the drivers of a delivery truck at a convenience store in DeKalb County, and he then fled from the scene in a stolen Oldsmobile Regency. Later that day, the owner of a package store on Lawrenceville Highway in DeKalb County was robbed at gunpoint while working in the store. The armed robber fled from the store in the same stolen Oldsmobile Regency used in the delivery truck robbery. A short time after that robbery, a man set fire to the Oldsmobile and was then driven away from the scene of the fire in a teal Geo Prism with no hubcaps.