Butler v. State

Birdsong, Judge.

John W. Butler, Jr. was convicted of two counts of robbery by snatching and sentenced to serve two concurrent ten-year terms. His sole enumeration of error is based upon the general grounds. Held:

From a close reading of the transcript, we conclude that the jury was warranted in accepting the following facts. The victims, a mother and two daughters, stopped in a wayside rest stop on 1-85. They locked the doors, but lowered the windows for ventilation. After falling asleep, the mother was awakened by a male leaning in her window, who either purposely or accidentally touched her…