Tanksley v. State

Smith, Judge.

Patrick Tanksley along with two other persons was charged by indictment with armed robbery (OCGA § 16-8-41) and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (OCGA § 16-11-106). He was tried alone. A jury found him guilty of both counts. His motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals.

Construed to support the jury’s verdict, the evidence presented at trial showed that Tanksley picked up two other men and drove them in his girl friend’s 1982 tan Oldsmobile to a fast food store. The other two men robbed the clerk at gunpoint and left in the car driven by Tanksley.…