Adams v. State

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Victor Howard Adams was tried and convicted of aggravated assault with intent to rob, in the attempted robbery of a liquor store. On appeal he contends the evidence was insufficient to convict him as a matter of law, as in Moore v. State, 255 Ga. 519 (340 SE2d 888); Brown v. State, 250 Ga. 862 (302 SE2d 347), there being no evidence that he participated in the robbery or even knew of it. He contends the only evidence of guilt is circumstantial, in that after the robber, Stroupe, who had been shot, stumbled back to Stroupe’s (stolen) car 200 yards away, the appellant who…