POPE v. STATE

71659.

178 Ga. App. 148 (1986)

342 S.E.2d 330

POPE v. THE STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Derek H. Jones, for appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Robert A. Weathers, Richard E. Hicks, Joseph J. Drolet, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.


DEEN, Presiding Judge.

"What's in a name?" inquired Shakespeare's most celebrated heroine; and appellant Napoleon Elijah Pope may well be asking the same question. With four felony convictions already to his credit, appellant, bearer of names rich in connotations of temporal and spiritual power and glory, was found guilty on a charge of theft by taking and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment.

The evidence adduced at Pope's trial showed that two black males...

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