State v. Jenkins

Defendant contends that the case should have been nonsuited because the evidence shows that neither the defendant nor his companion made any verbal demand that the prosecuting witness surrender the money. This contention is without merit. No verbal demand was necessary as the witness responded immediately when the gun was pointed in his face by pitching the money onto the floor. It may be that the original purpose of defendant and his companion in going to the upstairs of the theater in the dead of night was to commit larceny or some crime other than armed robbery. However, when Inscoe…