Tukes v. State

Undercofler, Presiding Justice.

Tukes was convicted of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals.

Evidence was introduced to show Carl Tukes and a companion, Ricky Burdette, on March 25,1975, entered a U. S. Service Station on Candler Road in DeKalb County, Georgia, about 10:15 p.m. and demanded money from Ms. Doris Rousey, an employee. She screamed and fell to the floor. James Whitten, an attendant, appeared at a rear door of the station with a handgun and Tukes shot several times, killing Whitten with a bullet in the face. The robbers fled, taking no money. Tukes met Byron…