Roberts v. State

Mikell, Judge.

A jury convicted Noel G. Roberts of nine counts of armed robbery, five counts of kidnapping, and one count of theft of a motor vehicle. The trial court sentenced him as a recidivist to a total of six consecutive terms of life in prison without parole plus eighty years to serve. Roberts appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial, asserting that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a continuance to secure a psychiatrist to perform an independent examination, refusing to disqualify his second public defender, failing to charge the jury on the option of guilty…