Williams v. State

Hall, Justice.

The four appellants were convicted of armed robbery in the holdup of a Statesboro grocery store, and sentenced to 20 years.

The evidence showed that five armed black men, some wearing masks or partial masks, entered the grocery store and stole money from the premises after tying up the proprietor and his two grown sons and placing them in the meat cooler. They then stole the proprietor’s truck to make their getaway. Shortly thereafter, a few blocks away, a witness saw four black men emerge from the proprietor’s truck, enter a gold Cutlass automobile, and drive away. The gold…