Hurston v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Hurston appeals his conviction and sentence as a recidivist, OCGA § 17-10-7 (b), for robbery by intimidation, OCGA § 16-8-41 (a), after a joint trial in which his brother was also a defendant.

The evidence construed so as to uphold the verdict, Thomas v. State, 175 Ga. App. 873, 874 (1) (334 SE2d 903) (1985), showed that while ostensibly test driving an automobile, Hurston and his brother verbally intimidated the accompanying dealership salesman, left him off on the interstate, ánd took off with the car. Hurston’s sole contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in not…