Dukes v. State

Underwood, Judge.

The appellant, Dukes, was convicted in the Superior Court of Crisp County of armed robbery. His sole enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial because the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict. We affirm.

On the evening of June 23, 1978, Ms. Janice Akins was working as a clerk in a convenience store in Cordele, Georgia. Sometime between 10 and 11 p.m. two men entered the store and asked for beer. Ms. Akins explained that the store did not sell alcoholic beverages, whereupon one of the men laid a gun on the counter and…