Brewton v. State

Pope, Judge.

After a trial by jury, appellant was convicted of the offenses of armed robbery, theft by taking and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of OCGA § 16-11-131. On appeal two enumerations of error are cited.

1. Appellant first assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to give his written request to charge the jury on the law of alibi. For two reasons, we find no error. “The defense of alibi involves the impossibility of the accused’s presence at the scene of the offense at the time of its commission. The range of the evidence in respect to time and place must be…