Scott v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Stephen Scott, was indicted, tried, and convicted of armed robbery, along with his co-defendant, Willie Porter. Scott was sentenced to life imprisonment, and this appeal followed.

1. Scott contends that the trial court erred while instructing the jury by referring to the co-defendants plurally and not making it clear that under the evidence the jury might acquit one defendant though the other was convicted. Scott’s co-defendant successfully raised the same issue in his separate appeal. Porter v. State, 182 Ga. App. 624 (356 SE2d 703) (1987). Accordingly,…