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Lawrence v. State

The victim and a cab driver both identified the defendant as the man who took the victim's purse as she walked across a parking lot.

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A jury found Gary Lawrence guilty of robbery. He appeals from the conviction entered on the verdict, claiming the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction, the trial court erred in denying him the opportunity to conduct voir dire of individual jurors, the trial court pressured the jury into reaching a verdict, and he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel. None of the enumerations has merit, so we affirm his conviction. 1. When reviewing a conviction, this Court must determine whether, after viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution, any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crime beyond a reasonable doubt.1 This Court determines only the legal sufficiency of the evidence adduced below and does not weigh the evidence or assess the credibility of the witnesses.2

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence shows that a woman was leaving her job at the Buford Highway Flea Market on foot at about 8:00 p.m. As she walked across the parking lot, she felt her purse being tugged. She turned and saw that a man was attempting to snatch her purse. The victim resisted, yelled for help, and struggled with the man for about three minutes.

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