Hamilton v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

Roger Hamilton was convicted of armed robbery and aggravated assault. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for armed robbery and ten years for aggravated assault to be served concurrently. Hamilton brings this appeal enumerating two errors. Held:

1. The facts show that Hamilton and two others robbed a motel at Camilla at the point of a pistol. When the motel manager grabbed the barrel of the pistol and struggled with Hamilton who had pointed the pistol at the victim, one of Hamilton’s accomplices picked up a potted plant and broke it over the head of the victim. The two…