BANKE, Judge.
Appellant and a companion were convicted of robbing the night clerk at a convenience store in Columbus. He enumerates as error on appeal the failure of the trial court to charge on theft by taking as a possible lesser included offense, even though no request for such a charge was made. Held:
"The trial judge ... may, of his own volition and in his discretion, charge on a lesser crime of that included in the indictment or accusation. However...
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