HERRING v. STATE

58663.

152 Ga. App. 150 (1979)

262 S.E.2d 529

HERRING v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided October 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stan Durden, for appellant.

Harry Gordon, District Attorney, B. Thomas Cook, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


BANKE, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction for armed robbery. His sole enumeration of error is directed to the trial court's refusal to grant his request to charge the jury that a person is not guilty of a crime if he acts "under such coercion that [he] reasonably believes that performing the act is the only way to prevent a third persons [sic] imminent death or bodily harm." (Emphasis supplied.) Held:

The defense of coercion, as set...

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