Eddie Hambrick v. State

Eddie Hambrick was tried by a jury and convicted of one count of malice murder, seven counts of aggravated assault, and five counts of attempted armed robbery. 1 He was sentenced to life for the murder, 20 years on each count of aggravated assault (consecutive to each other and to the life sentence), and 10 years on each count of attempted armed robbery (concurrent to each other and to the aggravated assault sentences). 2 All of the charges arose out of an incident at the Ansley Mall branch of the C&S Bank in Atlanta the morning of January 17, 1985. The state's evidence showed that the defendant and his brother-in-law, Theodore Stewart, entered the bank wearing ski masks; defendant was carrying a .22 caliber pistol and Stewart was carrying a blank pistol and a brown canvas bag. As they approached the tellers, either the defendant or Stewart announced that the bank was being robbed and told them not to move. One of the tellers tripped the silent alarm.