LaCount v. State

Jordan, Justice.

Appellant was convicted of murder and armed robbery, sentenced to life and 10 years to run concurrently, and appeals.

While their ship was docked in Savannah, three foreign seamen were robbed and one stabbed to death after being carried away in the assailants’ automobile. The two surviving sailors were in attendance at appellant’s preliminary hearing and testified through a police interpreter. Both sailors were cross examined by appellant’s counsel. The sailors testified that as they and the victim left Riley’s Lounge they were approached by an automobile occupied by men they…