Bethay v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant was convicted of two counts of armed robbery. Held:

1. The state called one of the defendant’s coindictees as a witness. This witness earlier had entered a plea of guilty to the robbery. After admitting driving from Valdosta to Thomasville, the scene of the crime, on the day of the robbery, and being acquainted with defendant, this witness had a lapse of memory and testified that he remembered nothing else on the day of the crime. The *571trial court permitted the state over objection to lead and cross examine the witness. This examination included references to a prior…