Carter v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

A Fulton County jury found appellant Ronald Carter guilty of two counts of armed robbery arising from the following set of facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979).

After a brief visit with friends at the Eagen Public Housing Project, brothers Russell Moore and Bernard Moore, along with their 12-year-old cousin, Johnny Harris, walked toward Russell’s 1976 Ford LTD to leave. Appellant and an as-yet unidentified accomplice approached the group. Appellant put a gun to Russell Moore’s head and told…