Pryor v. State

McMURRAY, Presiding Judge.

Defendants Pryor, Pressley and Kelly were jointly indicted for the armed robberies of Tom Tolksdorf and Lance Simmons (“the victims”). The evidence adduced at a joint jury trial reveals the following: At about 12:30 in the morning on November 4, 1995, the victims were at a carwash working on Simmons’ car when three masked men appeared and ordered them to “ ‘[g]ive it up and be still.’ ” Although masks covered the assailants’ faces, both Tolksdorf and Simmons noticed that one assailant was white. Tom Tolksdorf noticed that the other assailants were African-Americans.

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