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Bruce v. State

Defendant threatened a cab driver with a 6-inch knife and forced him to drive to a high crime area to purchase crack cocaine.

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A Richmond County jury found Jacklyn E. Bruce guilty of aggravated assault, hijacking a motor vehicle, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. He appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the effectiveness of his trial attorney, and the trial court’s charge to the jury. After careful review of the errors as enumerated, we affirm.

Viewed in a light to uphold the jury’s verdict,1 the evidence shows that at approximately 2:00 a.m. the victim, a Radio Cab driver, was waiting for a fare at a cab stand located outside the Honky-Tonk lounge in the 1600 block of Gordon Highway in Augusta. Bruce, who was “very intoxicated,” approached. Bruce asked the victim to “take him for a ride” without giving an address. Pursuant to company policy, the victim asked to be paid $25 in advance because of Bruce’s intoxication and ambiguous destination. Bruce paid the money, and the victim followed Bruce’s directions “eastbound toward the city Augusta” to the Hyde Park/Aragon Park area of Dan Bowles Road, an area known for high drug crime. When the victim informed Bruce that he did not travel in that area past a certain hour of the evening, Bruce produced a “long stainless steel black-handled knife” and told the victim “Motherfucker, you got my money. Take me where I want to go.” So, the victim took him.

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