Mattox v. State

Andrews, Judge.

Mattox was tried and convicted of armed robbery and appeals.

Mattox was indicted for a robbery, as was Benny Smith, which was committed on January 1, 1990. Evidence at trial was that on that date at about 5:00 a.m., a McDonald’s restaurant in Cobb County was robbed by two black males, who had previously been seen sitting in a white car with “deep-dish wheels” parked behind the restaurant. One of the men jumped onto and over the counter and ordered all the employees into a room at the back of the restaurant, while the other man fired shots at a security device over the safe. The…