Baker v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Baker appeals his convictions and sentence by a judge, jury trial waived, on two counts of armed robbery, two counts of aggravated assault, and two misdemeanor pistol offenses, all based on the same incident on October 11, 1972.

As related by Dodd, an Atlanta policeman and the only witness for the State, he and Basewell, another policeman, met on an Atlanta street at the scene of reported pistol firing involving three persons. Baker and two companions, C and O, were there. Dodd, cautioning the three not to attempt to use a pistol, proceeded to search or "frisk” O for the…