Barnes v. State

Smith, Justice.

A Dougherty County jury found Boyzie Barnes guilty of the armed robbery and the murder of Clyde Robinson. He received a sentence of life imprisonment for the murder conviction and a sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment for the armed robbery conviction. He raises two issues on appeal. We affirm.

Barnes and Robinson locked horns in the parking lot of an Albany nightclub before four in the morning on August 16, 1985. Their fight grew out of an argument over a debt. When onlookers separated the two, Barnes shot Robinson five times. He then, according to all witnesses save Barnes…