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Emory O’Hara was convicted of armed robbery and loitering. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, O’Hara filed this appeal challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the trial court’s refusal to permit his custodial statement to be read to the jury, and the court’s questioning of two witnesses summoned on behalf of the prosecution. Finding no error, we affirm.

On appeal, the evidence must be viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict and O’Hara no longer enjoys the presumption of innocence. Pollard v. State, 230 Ga. App. 159 495 SE2d 629 1998. The evidence, when viewed in that manner, established that at about 5:00 a.m., two men robbed a convenience store clerk at gunpoint. The clerk identified O’Hara as the robber who pointed a pistol at him from the doorway. The victim described the perpetrators’ race, height, and clothing to police and stated that both had worn shiny, black pants made from either a nylon or silk material. After robbing the store, the two men immediately fled on foot. Within two minutes of the clerk’s 911 call, police began responding. One officer spotted two males who fit the broadcast description of the robbers behind a nearby apartment complex. When this officer directed a spotlight toward them, the suspects fled. He recovered a .32 revolver from the ground where the suspects had been standing moments before. The victim believed this gun was the weapon used in the robbery.

 
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