Turner v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for armed robbery and was tried before a jury. In its charge to the jury, the trial court gave instructions regarding the crime of armed robbery and, at appellant’s request, on the crime of theft by deception as a lesser included offense. After completion of the charge, the trial court inquired if there were objections. Although it had not requested such an instruction, the State objected to the failure of the trial court, on its own motion, to charge on robbery by intimidation as a lesser included offense. See State v. Stonaker, 236 Ga. 1, 2 (2) .(222…