Cantrell v. State

The defendant admitted to having committed an armed robbery and a robbery by intimidation of two businesses.

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A Gwinnett County jury convicted Brandon Cantrell of one count of armed robbery OCGA § 16-8-41 a and one count of robbery by intimidation OCGA § 16-8-40 a 2. Cantrell filed a motion for a new trial, which the trial court denied. Cantrell appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his statements to police and asserting the general grounds. Finding no basis to disturb the trial court’s factual determination that Cantrell voluntarily confessed to his involvement in the crimes and that the evidence was sufficient, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict Drammeh v. State , 285 Ga. App. 545, 546 1 646 SE2d 742 2007, the record shows that while Anh Nguyen was working at Lawrenceville Seafood on October 29, 2006, three men entered the restaurant wearing masks and brandishing what appeared to be handguns. The men demanded money, took the entire cash register, and fled. Nguyen called 911.

Shortly thereafter, on November 3, 2006, a man entered a Duluth Subway restaurant where Jeremiah Glover was working alone, baking bread in the back of the store. The man went to the bathroom, so Glover returned to baking bread. When Glover returned to see if the customer was ready to order, Glover found the man reaching over the counter and banging on the cash register. The man asked Glover for change for a twenty-dollar bill, and when Glover replied that he could not provide change unless someone bought something, the man ordered a sandwich but then demanded that Glover open the cash register. Glover feared that the man had a gun because of the way the man held his hand under his shirt by his belt. After Glover opened the drawer, the man asked Glover to leave the store, and Glover complied and then borrowed a phone to call 911. When Glover returned, the cash register drawer was gone.

Cantrell v. State

The defendant admitted to having committed an armed robbery and a robbery by intimidation of two businesses.

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