WATKINS v. STATE

31074.

237 Ga. 678 (1976)

229 S.E.2d 465

WATKINS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 5, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Mottola, Haugen, Wood & Goodson, Parnell Odom, Theo D. Mann, for appellant.

William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Kirby G. Atkinson, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


INGRAM, Justice.

Appellant Earnest Watkins prosecutes this appeal from his convictions by a jury of armed robbery and simple battery in Coweta Superior Court. He received concurrent sentences of 20 years for the armed robbery and 12 months for the battery offense. We find harmful error in one of the enumerations of error urged in this appeal and reverse the trial court's judgment denying a new trial.

The crimes were committed in the late morning of August...

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