Overcash v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
James Edward Overcash was convicted of the armed robbery of Jay’s Jewelry Store in Lavonia, Georgia. The evidence was sufficient to show that he planned the crime along with two co-defendants, Hughes and Worley, who actually carried out the scheme. We affirm.
1. Overcash’s first enumeration of error raises the question whether the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when the state, while cross examining the defendant at trial, asked him: "And they told you that they wanted to talk to you and you told them, 'Well, I ain’t got nothin’ to say to my…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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