Richards v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant, a 16-year-old, was convicted in the Superior Court of Fulton County of armed robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal he contends the trial court erred by denying two motions for mistrial, each based on different grounds.

1. The state introduced evidence of an armed robbery that occurred approximately six hours after the armed robbery of Burnis Bryant with which appellant was charged. After the second robbery appellant departed the scene driving Bryant’s car, which he admitted taking after robbing Bryant; he was pursued by police in a high-speed chase…