Thompson v. State

Adams, Judge.

James Thompson was convicted by a jury of one count of armed robbery and one count of aggravated assault. He filed this out-of-time appeal following the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial. We affirm.

The evidence showed that on September 12, 1998, Thompson was in the bathroom at a restaurant in College Park when Ted Hornsby came in. Thompson demanded money from Hornsby, but Hornsby told Thompson that he did not have any money. Thompson then put a gun to Hornsby’s head and pulled the trigger five times. When the gun failed to fire, Thompson hit Hornsby in the head…