Osborne v. State

Where, in a hotel room, two men strike and beat another with their hands, strike him in the face with a blunt instrument, and then immediately take his money from the pocket of his trousers, which are hanging in a closet eight or ten feet away from the victim, such acts constitute robbery by force under the Code, § 26-2501.(a) In such circumstances, the evidence contains the element of force contemplated by the statute. Long v. State, 12 Ga. 293 (9); Smith v. State, 117 Ga. 320 (43 S.E. 736, 97, Am. St. R. 165); Moran v. State, 125 Ga. 33 (53 S.E. 806); Bowen v. State, 16 Ga. App. 110 (84…