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Carton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jun 6, 1978
245 S.E.2d 487 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)

Opinion

55552.

SUBMITTED MARCH 2, 1978.

DECIDED JUNE 6, 1978.

Armed robbery. Spalding Superior Court. Before Judge Whalen.

Carlisle Newton, John T. Newton, Jr., for appellant.

Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr., District Attorney, Paschall A. English, Jr., J. David Fowler, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


Appellant was convicted of the armed robbery of a food store. He alleges the trial court erroneously overruled both his motion to suppress certain evidence and his motion for directed verdict. We affirm.

1. Assuming arguendo the court erroneously denied appellant's motion to suppress, that error could only have been harmless. In addition to positive, in-court identifications by the two store operators in whose presence the money was stolen, there exists ample other, unobjectionable evidence sufficient to sustain the conviction apart from the evidence which was the subject of the motion to suppress.

2. The indictment alleged the money stolen belonged to "a corporation, d/b/a Kwickie Food Store, Inc.," and the evidence adduced at trial showed that the stolen money belonged to "Kwickie Food Store, Inc." We find no fatal variance, and the trial court properly denied appellant's motion for directed verdict alleging fatal variance. Hunt v. State, 229 Ga. 869 (1) ( 195 S.E.2d 31) (1972); Massey v. State, 226 Ga. 703 (5) ( 177 S.E.2d 79) (1970).

Judgment affirmed. Deen, P. J., and Banke, J., concur.

SUBMITTED MARCH 2, 1978 — DECIDED JUNE 6, 1978.


Summaries of

Carton v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jun 6, 1978
245 S.E.2d 487 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)
Case details for

Carton v. State

Case Details

Full title:CARTON v. THE STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Jun 6, 1978

Citations

245 S.E.2d 487 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)
245 S.E.2d 487

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