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Manuel v. State

The trial court properly admitted similar transaction evidence that the defendant committed an armed robbery three years earlier to show the defendant's course of conduct.

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Defendant Robert D. Manuel was convicted of felony murder for killing Harry Hodges.1 He appeals, asserting the trial court erred in admitting evidence of a similar crime. We find no error and affirm. 1. Viewing the evidence in a light to uphold the verdict, we find the following: On the night of June 12, 1997, Manuel and Tremayne Roseberry2 entered Harry Hodges’ convenience store. Manuel, who had been in the store before and knew Hodges, was armed with a pistol; Roseberry carried a sawed-off shotgun. Both men wore masks. They demanded money and Hodges gave it to them. Then Manuel ordered Hodges to get down on the floor, calling him by name. Hodges complied, but Manuel shot him in the head anyway. Hodges was taken to a hospital; he died several days later.

The evidence was sufficient to enable any rational trier of fact to find Manuel guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of felony murder. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U. S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.

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