Davis v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

A jury convicted Timothy Shaw Davis of armed robbery in July 1995. On appeal, he enumerates three errors.

Davis was indicted during the October 1994 term of court in the Superior Court of Newton County on charges of armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. During the same term, he filed a demand for trial pursuant to OCGA § 17-7-171.

Davis’s initial trial commenced in March 1995 and resulted in a verdict of not guilty on the firearm charge. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the armed robbery charge.

A second trial on the…