Holt v. State

Hill, Justice.

The defendant was convicted by a jury of kidnapping, armed robbery and motor vehicle theft. The jury was authorized to find that the defendant put a knife to the throat of a cab driver and forced him to drive to a wooded area where the driver was ordered out of the car. The defendant took money from the driver at gunpoint, tied him to a tree and took the cab. The defendant contends that under the facts of this case motor vehicle theft was a lesser included offense under the charge of armed robbery and that under Code Ann. § 26-506 (a) or Painter v. State, 237 Ga. 30, 34 (226…