Mays v. State

Ingram, Justice.

James Mays was convicted of armed robbery in the Superior Court of Barrow County and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. He appeals his conviction on the general grounds of a motion for new trial and on the ground that remarks by the trial judge during the trial expressed an opinion as to guilt. These enumerations are without merit and we affirm.

The facts in the case are as follows: On Friday, November 7,1975, at about 2:30 p.m., two men entered a dry cleaning store in Statham, Georgia, and demanded that the owner, Mr. Hunter, hand over his money. One of the bandits then…