Hobbs v. State

Ingram, Justice.

This is an appeal in an armed robbery case from the Superior Court of Butts County following the denial of a motion for new trial in that court. The appellants, Jimmy Charles Hobbs and Donald LaRue Parker, were jointly indicted and tried with Eddie Junior Woodruff and, after being found guilty by a jury, appellants were sentenced to a prison term of 20 years.

Appellants’ appointed counsel on appeal notified this court, after a careful study of the trial transcript, that he had concluded there were no reversible errors in the trial and it would be pointless to pursue an appeal:…