Turner v. State
Turner v. State
Opinion of the Court
Appellant was convicted of two counts of robbery and appeals.
1. Appellant contends the evidence is not sufficient to support the verdict. The evidence disclosed that appellant and Charlie Bass, armed with a gun and a knife and wearing masks, assaulted Alexander Brannon as he was opening a grocery store where he worked. They forced Brannon to open the cash register and took all the money, then tied Brannon up and took $10 from his billfold. After ransacking the store the men departed and Brannon, who had freed his hands, called the police. While Brannon was waiting for the police appellant returned but was unmasked; thinking he was a customer, Brannon told appellant he had been robbed and appellant again tied
2. Appellant contends that various remarks of the prosecutor during trial, as well as the prosecutor calling appellant a “thug” during closing argument, prejudiced appellant and denied him a fair trial. The only remark by the prosecutor during trial called to our attention in appellant’s brief was objected to by appellant at the time of the remark, and the objection was sustained by the trial court. When the prosecutor referred to appellant as a thug in closing argument, the court immediately rebuked the prosecutor as requested by appellant. Since the court took the action requested by appellant in each instance complained of, he cannot now claim error. Ingram v. State, 160 Ga. App. 300, 301 (4) (287 SE2d 304) (1981). Thus, there was no cumulative effect of the prosecutor’s remarks which deprived appellant of a fair trial.
Judgment affirmed.
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