Brown v. State

Benham, Justice.

This appeal is from appellant’s convictions for malice murder, aggravated assault, and simple assault.

1. The testimony adduced at trial established the following facts. On the date of the crimes, a man armed with a pistol 2 entered a bank in Montezuma, Georgia, fatally shot a teller, left the bank briefly, then returned. Upon his return, the robber forced another teller at gunpoint to give him the money from several teller drawers. A third teller, the victim of the simple assault, feared for her life and took refuge under a desk when the robber shot the first teller, remaining…