Smith v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant was charged in an indictment with a single count of robbery, in that he did “with intent to commit theft, take from the person and immediate presence of [the victim, Jacqueline Wei Su] by sudden snatching, a wallet of value. . . The evidence adduced at his jury trial revealed the following:

At approximately noon on April 6, 1995, Ms. Su drove to downtown Atlanta with a co-worker, Carolyn Burrows, on a business trip to the apparel mart. As they turned into a parking lot, defendant walked up to her car. She believed he was the parking attendant. “And he…