Legal Opinion
McCounly v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 6, 1989No. A89A0081PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Defendant appeals his convictions of burglary (OCGA § 16-7-1) and robbery (OCGA § 16-8-40 (a)).
1. At approximately 12:30 a.m. on January 19, 1988, Mr. and Mrs. Camp, both elderly, were awakened by a knock on their front door. Mr. Camp responded and encountered a tall black man with a moustache, wearing a peacoat and a ball cap. The man asked him to call the fire department because there was a fire down the street. The one-hundred-watt porch light was on and the man was standing under the light about two feet from the door.
When Mr. Camp went to a back window to see the fire, his…
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