Legal Opinion

Pettis v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided December 17, 1996No. A96A2365PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Blackburn, Judge.

Patrick Lamont Pettis appeals his conviction of armed robbery, raising the sufficiency of evidence and challenging several of the trial court’s evidentiary rulings. Because Pettis raises no reversible error, we affirm the conviction.

On January 4, 1994, Pettis and another young man walked into Little Caesar’s Pizza in Stockbridge around 8:20 p.m. The second man, wearing a brown jacket, ordered pizza while Pettis, in a black hat and black “White Sox” jacket, paced nervously. When the cashier opened the register, Pettis pulled a pistol, pointed it at her, and demanded money.…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Fargason v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  3. Pardo v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  4. Moclaire v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
  5. Mobley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Postell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Bacon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

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