State v. Collins

The defendant, Garvin Collins, and Albert Couch were charged with armed robbery of a Community Cash Store in the town of Inman. Couch pled guilty. The defendant was tried by a jury, found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

Defendant has appealed, raising a number of questions. We think his contentions, alleging error in the trial judge’s instructions to the jury, require reversal and entitled him to a new trial.

The evidence in the case reveals that the defendant and Couch lived in Greenville; they had been drinking heavily on the day of the robbery. They rode around for some time…