Barksdale v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Indictment for robbery; from Fulton superior court—Judge Humphries. February 15, 1919.
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. Where one is indicted for the offense of robbery by force as well as by intimidation, a general verdict of guilty will be applied to the count in the indictment charging robbery by force, since the latter is the higher grade of the offense. Moran v. State, 125 Ga. 33 (53 S. E. 806).
2. “Eoree,” in the sense in which it is used in defining the offense of robbery, consists in personal violence or that degree of "force that is necessary to remove articles so attached to the person or clothing as to create resistance, however slight. 2 Bishop’s Criminal Law, § 1167. In the absence of any…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moran v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
- Tanner v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
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