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Harris v. State, 332 Ga.App. 789, 775 S.E.2d 165 (July 7, 2015). Armed robbery conviction affirmed. Under pre-2013 Evidence Code, trial court properly admitted evidence of prior armed robbery to show bent of mind and course of conduct: “in both instances Harris lay ‘in wait for the victims, each of whom was an employee of a pizza restaurant. Both robberies involved threats and the use of a handgun to induce pizza restaurant employees to surrender a quantity of cash.’” Harper v. State, 330 Ga.App. 561, 768 S.E.2d 755 (January 28, 2015). Armed robbery and related convictions affirmed; under pre-2013 Evidence Code, defendant’s prior armed robbery was properly admitted to show bent of mind and modus operandi. “[B]oth the prior crimes and the current one involved an armed robbery with a handgun, in which Harper demanded that multiple victims give him their money, and in both instances the victims' cash, wallets, and cell phones were taken.” Rembert v. State, 324 Ga.App. 146, 749 S.E.2d 744 (October 7, 2013). Armed robbery conviction affirmed; similar transaction evidence was properly admitted. “In both incidents at issue, the victims were women who worked at a local business that Rembert patronized. Each of the robberies was timed so that the female employee was alone in the business, and in both instances the robber pulled a gun, pointed it at the victim, and demanded money.” Dixon v. State, 320 Ga.App. 257, 739 S.E.2d 737 (March 11, 2013). Armed robbery and related convictions affirmed; no error in admitting similar transaction evidence of prior robberies. “There was evidence that these four armed robberies, like the Cherokee County robbery, occurred late at night or early in the morning when no customers were in the stores; involved stores that were located near Interstate 75; involved a perpetrator wearing a mask, hoodie, gloves, jeans, and white shoes; and, most significantly, involved the same perpetrator also wearing a dark backpack with a distinctive white design on it that he used for collecting cash from the registers.” “Additionally, evidence that the robber used the same distinctive backpack in the Bartow County and Cherokee County robberies logically connected them to one another.” Fact that some robberies were accomplished with a handgun, others with a knife, did not preclude finding of sufficient similarity. Thomas v. State, 290 Ga. 653, 723 S.E.2d 885 (March 5, 2012). Malice murder, armed robbery, and related convictions affirmed; no error in admitting similar transaction evidence. Like the offenses on trial, “the evidence showed that Appellant committed the two previous 1995 robberies with a handgun on the same day at locations near each other in Athens.” Bryant v. State, 304 Ga.App. 755, 697 S.E.2d 860 (July 1, 2010). Defendant’s convictions for armed robbery and related offenses affirmed; two similar transactions properly admitted, one questionable: “[W]ith respect to the October 2, 1992 and the October 12, 1992 incidents, we disagree. In each situation, Bryant approached single victims who likely would not fight back-two women and a thirteen-year-old boy. He threatened the victims with what appeared to be a gun, although he did not reveal the weapon. Bryant then sought to move them to another location to obtain money. The prior crimes were relevant to show, among other things, Bryant's bent of mind and course of conduct in robbing vulnerable victims with an apparent gun. The trial court, therefore, did not err in admitting evidence of these two crimes. As to the October 1992 purse snatching, we question whether sufficient similarity exists between that offense and the crimes against the victims in this case,” but harmless error at worst, in light of overwhelming evidence of guilt. Henderson v. State, 303 Ga.App. 527, 693 S.E.2d 896 (April 7, 2010). Defendant’s convictions for armed robbery, aggravated assault, and related offenses affirmed. Prior armed robbery properly admitted as similar transaction: “both incidents occurred in the same county and involved female store clerks who were working late at night in convenience stores. Crystal Crawford, the victim in the 1991 incident, testified that Henderson placed a note on the counter that read ‘give me all your money and put it in a bag;’ that he had a gun, which he brandished after she read the note; and that he told her he did not want the rolled coins. In the instant case as well, Henderson used a gun and a note demanding the money and indicated that he did not want smaller denominations of money.” Ten year lapse between offenses “is mitigated somewhat by the fact [the defendant] was incarcerated for at least a portion of those ten years.” Fielding v. State, 299 Ga.App. 341, 682 S.E.2d 675 (July 23, 2009). No error in refusing to sever six counts of robbery: “the six robberies of commercial establishments here took place in a single county within three weeks of each other. Each involved a large male perpetrator distracting the lone female employee and then placing her in a choke hold (except one which involved shoving), whereupon he would force her to money repositories. From those repositories, he would take the money and then would demand money from her purse. He would then seek to force her to the rear of the business and