Barnes v. State

Benham, Judge.

Appellant, a 15-year-old juvenile offender, was tried as an adult in superior court and convicted of two counts of armed robbery. On appeal, he contends that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence his tape-recorded confession given in the sheriff’s office, and that the State failed to present sufficient evidence to negate his affirmative defense of coercion.

1. The first victim testified that she surrendered her purse to a gunman she identified as appellant after he had thrust the weapon into her stomach and ordered her to do so. The second victim, a clerk in a…