Whitehead v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

On July 7, 1983, the appellant, Ben Whitehead, and a cohort, Larry Wilson, purchased one-way bus tickets from Macon to Eastman, Georgia. Once in Eastman, they proceeded to Fred’s Department Store, where, according to the state’s evidence, they bungled a till-tapping. Whitehead and Wilson were subsequently charged with and convicted of attempted robbery by sudden snatching. On appeal, Whitehead contends that the trial court erred in the jury charge. Held:

1. The trial court instructed the jury that “a person commits the offense of robbery when, with intent to commit theft,…