Scarver v. State

Stolz, Judge.

The defendant was tried and convicted of robbery by intimidation in the Superior Court of Chatham County and appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial. Held:

1. The defendant’s first enumeration of error is without merit. The defendant’s counsel cannot now complain of the trial judge’s failure to declare a mistrial when he, after making the motion, acknowledged that he was mistaken as to the grounds for the motion and apologized for the wording thereof.

2. On direct examination during the trial, the defendant admitted that he had been convicted of shoplifting in the state…