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James Moses and Shawn Knott appeal from their convictions stemming from a home invasion robbery executed by Moses, Knott, and several others. Moses and Knott were tried jointly, along with two other defendants who also participated in the home invasion.1 Moses was found guilty of two counts of armed robbery, burglary, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and possession of a firearm during commission of a crime. Knott was found guilty of the same charges plus one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime and one count of recidivism. Moses raises four enumerations of error, and Knott raises five. Because the charges arose from the same incident we have consolidated their appeals for review. We find that none of their enumerations has merit, and we affirm both convictions. Construed to support the verdict, the evidence presented at trial, set forth more fully in Anderson v. State , supra, 261 Ga. App. 456, 457-460 1, showed that George Anderson, Jr., Michael Foster, Jr., James Moses II, Shawn Knott, and Kenny Mitchell decided to invade the home of the victims, a married couple, in Cherokee County, to steal approximately $150,000 from a safe located in a workshop behind the victims’ house. Information regarding the safe and the money was supplied by Chris Foster, who had worked for the victims in their business. Anderson , supra, 261 Ga. App. at 457 1.

On the evening set for the robbery, the participants drove to the victims’ home in two vehicles. Anderson, Foster and Mitchell drove with Knott in his gold Cadillac, and Moses drove his pickup truck. Id. Anderson carried a shotgun, and he, Knott, and Foster, wearing black coats and hats that hid their faces, forced their way into the home. Mitchell and Moses remained outside, communicating with the others by walkie talkie. Id. at 457-458. Brandishing the shotgun, the robbers took $3500 from the husband’s person, then demanded to see the safe. Rejecting a small safe located in the house, they demanded to see “the big safe in the shop.” Id. at 458.

 
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