Belcher v. State

Johnson, Judge.

A jury found Ronald Belcher guilty of robbery by sudden snatch ing. Viewed in the light most favorable to support the verdict, the evidence shows that on December 11, 1996, a man snatched Mary Ray’s purse from her arm as she stood in front of the General Dollar Store in Adel, Georgia. A cashier inside the store called the police, and an officer arrived within one minute. Ray told the officer that a black male of medium build wearing a red shirt and tan shorts took her purse and ran south toward the railroad tracks. The officer radioed this information to another officer in the…