O'NEAL v. State

Hill, Justice.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of armed robbery and was sentenced by the Fulton Superior Court to serve 20 years in prison. He appeals, urging two enumerations of error.

The evidence shows that at about 4 a.m. on Monday morning, October 22, 1976, two men approached the cashier of a self-service gas station across the street from the Varsity (a drive-in restaurant) in Atlanta. The taller man was carrying a rifle. The shorter man asked for a soft drink. As the cashier turned back toward the men from the drink cooler, the taller man pointed the rifle through the window and…