Whitehead v. State

177 Ga. App. 259 (1985)

339 S.E.2d 365

WHITEHEAD

v.

THE STATE.

71154.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided December 5, 1985.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 1985.

W. Dennis Mullis, for appellant.

James L. Wiggins, District Attorney, Michael T. Solis, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

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…