Mitchell v. State

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed robbery. The evidence adduced at trial revealed that on March 22,1980, appellant entered Dutch’s Fried Chicken, a Chatham County restaurant, and told employee Shirley Lemon that he and his companions were going to rob the place and that she should leave. Ms. Lemon ignored appellant but later turned around to find that he had pulled a gun and was holding it to the cashier’s head. Appellant, along with his cohorts, took money from the cash register and a lock box and exited by way of the back door. However, when the police officers…