McFarland v. State

Hawkins, Justice.

An indictment charging robbery by force was returned against Charlie McFarland, who entered a plea of “not guilty,” and was tried in Fulton Superior Court. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and fixed punishment at a minimum of four years and a maximum of four years. The defendant was positively identified by the alleged victim and one other witness for the State as a perpetrator of the crime charged. The alleged victim testified that the defendant struck him on the head; that the defendant and another, the latter being unknown, grabbed him and struck him across the head…