McGuire v. State

Ingram, Justice.

Appellant, Edward Lee McGuire, was convicted of armed robbery in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County. He was sentenced to five years, to be served in the penitentiary, and seven years to be served on probation. Appellant’s motion for a new trial was denied in the trial court and he appeals. We affirm.

The state introduced evidence to prove that a convenience store in Buford, Georgia, was robbed on February 12,1976. Robert Lee Venable, who was working as the clerk at the store at the time of the robbery testified that appellant entered the store, pulled a pistol, and took *248$148…