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Parker v. State

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting defendant's prior charge and conviction, because under O.C.G.A. § 24-6-621, State was allowed to attack defendant's credibility by disproving facts to which he testified.

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A jury found Daireem Parker guilty on two counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count each of aggravated battery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Following the denial of his amended motion for new trial, Parker appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in finding he opened the door to character evidence and in limiting his explanation of a prior criminal charge. He also argues that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. For the following reasons, we affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence showed that a woman and her boyfriend were walking from the parking deck to their apartment around 2:00 a.m. when two guys with guns approached them and asked them for their cellphones. She testified that the first man did most of the talking. The female victim handed the men her phone, and her boyfriend told them he did not have a phone, but complied when the men pulled out guns.

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