Johnson v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Michael Renard Johnson and Nicholas Fitzgerald Hall were tried jointly for armed robbery and possession of a firearm during the commission of certain crimes, but were convicted only of armed robbery. A grocery store in Augusta was robbed in November 1991, by two other defendants, Bradford and Coleman, who entered the store after appellants Hall and Johnson, separately, had gone in the store. Hall first went in, purchased a small item, “looked around,” and left. Soon after, Johnson entered the store and raised the owner’s suspicions by constantly looking around the…