Sanders v. State

Pope, Judge.

Appellant/defendant appeals his conviction for armed robbery and aggravated assault. The jury was authorized to find defendant approached Wilma Wynn outside her apartment and ordered Wynn to give him her keys to her car and her purse. Defendant was accompanied by two black males. Defendant had a gun wrapped in a coat pointed at her during the robbery. Wynn never saw the gun but believed it was a sawed-off shotgun.

Shortly after robbing Wynn and fleeing in her automobile, defendant, while driving Wynn’s car, struck a policeman who was reporting for duty. Although defendant attempted…