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THORNTON v. STATE

31524.

238 Ga. 160 (1977)

231 S.E.2d 729

THORNTON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided January 6, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Word, Nicholson & Cook, R. H. Nicholson, for appellant.

William F. Lee, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from appellant's conviction for armed robbery in the Superior Court of Carroll County for which he received a sentence of 20 years imprisonment. Some of the facts in the case are in dispute. However, the basic chronology of what happened is as follows: On October 3, 1975, a black male, armed with a shotgun, entered the Northside branch of the Carrollton State Bank and proceeded to rob it. The robber put the shotgun to the head of a bank...

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