Legal Opinion

Barnes v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 7, 2013No. A12A1846Published

1Opinion of the Court

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

In connection with the robbery of a cashier at a gas station, Billy Barnes was convicted of one count of armed robbery,1 one count of aggravated assault,2 3and two counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.3 On appeal, Barnes contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions because it consisted solely of the testimony of his alleged accomplices, and (2) the court erred in imposing two sentences on the firearm possession charges when there was only one victim in the charged incident. For the reasons that follow, we…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Floyd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
  2. Abdullah v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2008
  3. Taylor v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Stovall v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Sims v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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