Thompson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Presiding Judge.
Thompson appeals his conviction of two counts of armed robbery (OCGA § 16-8-41) and one count each of aggravated assault (OCGA § 16-5-21) and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony (OCGA § 16-11-106). For the armed robberies, he was given a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment as a recidivist. OCGA § 17-10-7 (c). His co-indictee, Harvest Beaudry, avoided the possibility of receiving such a sentence by pleading guilty to the armed robberies and testifying against Thompson at his trial.
The victims of the robberies were Ricky Sweet and Pamela…
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