Heard v. State

Deen, Chief Judge.

1. The defendant was convicted of an attempt at armed robbery. He entered the office of the chief witness, pointing a small pistol at him and trembling violently said, "You know what this is, don’t you?” The victim, superintendent of an apartment complex, picked up his own pistol saying, "I’ve got the real thing” and the defendant fled, pursued by the victim. Soon thereafter the defendant visited a cousin of his and attempted to get him to drive a certain maroon and white car to Texas. At that time he had a pistol identified by both witnesses as the same one they had seen…