Stephens v. State

Pope, Judge.

After a bench trial, Robert Lewis Stephens was convicted of terroristic threats and acts for which he was sentenced to serve five years, and he also was convicted of criminal trespass, for which he received a one-year, suspended sentence. The evidence adduced at trial authorized the court to find the following. On February 9, 1983 Stephens telephoned a reporter with the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, identified himself, and told the reporter that he intended to kill Judge Carnes of the State Court of Fulton County on February 14th. Stephens told the reporter he was going to…