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Trueblood v. State

Although defendant claimed that he was merely present during the armed robbery of a convenience store, the evidence supported his convictions as a party to the crimes.

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A DeKalb County jury found Donald Trueblood guilty of two counts of armed robbery, one count of kidnaping with bodily injury, and one count of kidnaping. The convictions arose from Trueblood’s participation in an incident at the Happy Mart convenience store in Tucker, DeKalb County, wherein at 10:45 p.m., Trueblood and two other perpetrators approached Musa Jama who was locking the front door of the Happy Mart; hit him in the head with a gun; pointed the gun at him; demanded money; took his wallet; forced him inside the Happy Mart; forced the owner of the Happy Mart back inside the store at gun point; forced the owner to open the store safe and turn over the $4,000 inside; and then fled the scene. Trueblood appeals. Upon review, we affirm.

1. Trueblood contends the State failed to prove identity, i.e., that Trueblood was one of the three men involved in the armed robbery/kidnaping at the Happy Mart. However, the owner of the Happy Mart was familiar with Trueblood because he came into the Happy Mart fairly frequently. The owner positively identified Trueblood as one of the participants in the armed robbery/kidnaping. Both Musa Jama and the Happy Mart owner testified that all three men at the Happy Mart were active participants in the armed robbery/kidnaping. Further, Trueblood gave a statement to the police admitting he was one of three men at the Happy Mart during the armed robbery, although he claimed that he was merely present during the incident.

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