Cooper v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

On September 28, 2004, appellant Roderick Cooper 1 rode in a car with Carla Simmons, Torrell Young, and Donnie Murphy, to the home of Paul Rucker in Banks County. Simmons and Young went to the house, and Simmons offered to have sex with Rucker for money. Young, Cooper and Murphy drove up the road for a few minutes. Upon returning, Young and Murphy entered Rucker’s house while appellant stayed in the car. Young and Murphy went into the bedroom and Simmons ran out of the house. Murphy assaulted Rucker with a bottle, while Young ransacked the bedroom looking for Rucker’s wallet.…