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Owens v. State

The undisputed evidence showed that defendant was with the shooter before, during and after the victim's murder.

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A jury found D’Antonius Owens guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping.1 Owens appeals, contending that the trial court erred in denying Owens’ motion to continue the trial and motion for directed verdict. Owens also sets forth two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. For reasons that follow, we affirm. 1. Owens argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion for directed verdict because there was insufficient evidence to prove the intent element of armed robbery and kidnapping. In reviewing the denial of a motion for directed verdict, we construe the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict and determine whether any rational trier of fact could have found the essential elements of the crimes beyond a reasonable doubt.2

Viewed in this light, the evidence shows that late in the evening on July 10, 1998, Braddon Robbins heard two men arguing near the backyard of his house. He heard them order a third person to lie on the ground. He then heard several gunshots. As he peered from his window, he saw a man with a gun running to a Chevrolet Impala. There was another man already sitting in the car.3 The two men quickly drove away. After the car left, he went outside to help the man, Antonio Moore, who had been ordered to lie on the ground. Moore died shortly thereafter from gunshot wounds.

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