Lightfoot v. State

Blackburn, Judge.

George Walter Lightfoot was convicted of armed robbery and obstruction of an officer in connection with his holdup at knifepoint, of a cashier in a convenience store. At trial, Lightfoot submitted a written request to charge on the lesser included offense of robbery by intimidation. The trial court declined to give such charge, finding that it was not adjusted to the facts, and Lightfoot enumerates this ruling as error.

The standard of review applied by the Georgia appellate courts to a trial court’s refusal to charge was set forth by the Supreme Court in Edwards v. State, 264…