Appellant was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of Baldwin County of the offenses of armed robbery and murder for which he received consecutive sentences of life imprisonment. Under the state’s theory, the appellant and his father entered into a conspiracy to rob and murder the victim, Harold (Jack) Cooper, who was a crucial witness against appellant’s father in a Chatham County *435 burglary case. The primary defense relied on by appellant was alibi and misidentification of him by the victim’s wife as the person who fired the pistol shot which resulted in the death of the victim. We have reviewed the enumerations of error relating, both to appellant’s convictions and the sentences imposed therefor, and find no reversible error.
Evidence
A brief summary of the evidence presented at trial shows that on the evening of January 26,1975, the victim, his wife and two children returned to their home in Milledgeville. Upon entering the house and turning on the light in the kitchen, the pantry door suddenly opened and the Coopers were confronted by two armed men. One was tall and armed with a pistol; the other was armed with a shotgun. Both men were wearing stockings over their heads and socks on their hands. The family was tied up and receipts of over $4,000 from the family grocery store were taken. Mrs. Cooper heard a shot and then heard the gunmen leave. Harold Cooper had been shot by the robber with the pistol and Mr. Cooper subsequently died from his injuries.
Harold Cooper, the victim, had formerly owned an auto parts store in Chatham County which had been burglarized. Several persons were charged in that case, including Charles Fleming, appellant’s father. The police, while investigating the murder, showed Mrs. Cooper a photographic display of Charles Fleming and several of his known associates. Mrs. Cooper recognized several of the men whom she already knew and suddenly picked out appellant as one of the robbers. She testified that she had not seen appellant prior to the robbery. She subsequently identified appellant in court over defense objections as the robber with the pistol.
Malice Murder
In his first enumeration of error, appellant asserts the general grounds and argues the evidence shows at most a murder in the commission of a felony and not malice murder. He cites
Burke v. State,
Commitment Hearing
Appellant asserts as error the failure of the state to provide him with a commitment hearing. A majority of this court has held that after indictment and subsequent conviction, lack of a commitment hearing will not be considered reversible error. See
State v. Middlebrooks,
Identification Testimony
The appellant enumerates as error the trial court’s refusal to suppress the in-court identification of appellant by Mrs. Cooper, the victim’s wife, who was present at the scene of the crimes. Appellant argues that a photographic display Mrs. Cooper was shown by the police prior to appellant’s arrest was so impermissibly suggestive that it precluded her from accurately identifying appellant at trial. Mrs. Cooper was shown photographs of 17 men and two women. Only appellant’s picture and his father’s picture appear more than once. The law enforcement agents who were present when she made the identification made no suggestion to her that any of the men were suspects. Mrs. Cooper already knew three of the men and she chose their pictures and identified them also. Without any suggestion, she then identified appellant’s picture and said he was the tall man involved in robbing and killing her husband. On the stand she testified that while the men were in her house she made a special effort to remember their appearances.
When a witness is shown a photographic display, the
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question of whether a subsequent in-court identification has been tainted is to be determined on the facts of each case considered separately. ". . . [C]onvictions based on eyewitness identification at trial following a pretrial identification by photograph will be set aside . . . only if the photographic identification procedure was so impermissibly suggestive as to give rise to a very substantial likelihood of irreparable misidentification.” Simmons v. United States,
Motion for Continuance
Enumerations of error 4 and 5 concern the failure of the trial court to grant a motion for continuance on two different bases. First, defense counsel asserts that he had insufficient time to prepare for trial and that he needed transcripts of motion hearings to assist him in his trial preparation. Second, counsel complains that the state delayed too long in giving him a list of witnesses prior to trial.
The hearing on the motion for a continuance shows that the court reporter provided counsel with transcripts of the two motion hearings three days and two days prior to trial. There was no showing at the hearing on the motion for the continuance of any harm to defense preparation. See
Chenault v. State,
An initial list of witnesses was provided to defense counsel on February 21, 1975, on the copy of the indictment. A supplemental list was provided on March 21,1975, and corrections to that list were made on March 26, 1975. The trial began on March 31, 1975. Counsel admitted interviewing only a small number of witnesses on both the initial and supplemental list and failed to establish any prejudice. The decision to grant or deny a motion for a continuance is within the sound discretion of
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the trial court and will not be cause for reversal absent an abuse of that discretion. See
Chenault,
supra; also,
Favors v. State,
Discovery
Enumeration of error no. 6 concerns the failure of the trial court to require extensive discovery of the prosecution’s case. In support of this enumeration appellant argues that because he-'was denied a commitment hearing he is entitled to full discovery beyond that required by Brady v. Maryland,
Several witnesses for the state had been indicted for the earlier Chatham County burglary involving the victim in this case. The district attorney stated at a pre-trial motion hearing that no agreement had been offered and that he had asked the witnesses if any agreement had been made with them. Subsequent to appellant’s conviction, the three received probated sentences for entry of pleas of guilty in Chatham County.
We agree with appellant that the existence of an agreement with a witness is relevant to that witness’ credibility and that if an understanding or agreement exists, the prosecution must disclose it. See Giglio v. United States,
Motion to Suppress
Enumeration no. 7 asserts that the trial court erred
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in denying a motion to suppress evidence. Appellant does not point to anything in the record to support his contention that the affidavits supporting the warrant were insufficient. Neither the affidavit nor warrant appears in the record in this court even though the motion to suppress transcript indicates they were introduced at that hearing. The officer who obtained the warrant testified that an arrest warrant had been secured for appellant and that he was sworn in before the magistrate who issued the search warrant. He stated that he testified before that magistrate to additional evidence the police had which linked appellant to the crime and about what they expected to find from a search. Subsequently, the officers did find at appellant’s residence clothing similar to the clothing which Mrs. Cooper stated one of the men was wearing at the time of the crimes. This court has held that in deciding whether to issue a search warrant the judge may consider both the affidavit and the testimony of the officer before him to determine if probable cause exists. See
Ward v. State,
Mistrial
Enumeration of error no. 8 complains of the testimony of a state’s witness who stated that appellant’s identification photo came from the G. B. I. office. Appellant contends that this testimony impermissibly placed his character in issue. However, this court held in
Creamer v. State,
Ruling on Testimony of Certain State Witnesses
Enumeration of error no. 9 asserts that the trial court erred in permitting certain state witnesses to testify. These witnesses are the ones whose names did not appear on the original indictment but whose names appeared on the supplemental list of witnesses discussed in enumerations of error 4 and 5. Code Ann. § 27-1403 provides that: "Every person charged with an offense against the laws shall be furnished, on demand,
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previously to his arraignment, with a copy of the accusation, and a list of the witnesses on whose testimony the charge against him is founded. Without the consent of the defendant, no witness shall be permitted to testify for the State whose name does not appear upon the list . . . unless the solicitor or prosecuting attorney shall state in his place that the evidence sought to be presented is newly-discovered evidence which the State was not aware of at the time of its furnishing the defendant with a list of the witnesses.” See
also Butler v. State,
In
Hicks v. State,
Conspiracy Evidence and Charge
Appellant insists in enumeration no. 10 that it was error for the trial court to receiye the testimony of several state witnesses as to statements made to them by appellant’s father, Charles Fleming, prior to the time the present crimes were committed. Appellant objected on the ground that this testimony violated his right to confront Charles Fleming as a witness against him and also on the ground that this testimony was hearsay.
We disagree with appellant’s contention because there was other evidence, sufficient to make a jury issue, of a conspiracy between appellant and his father, Charles Fleming, to rob and kill the victim, Harold Cooper.
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Appellant’s father was also indicted for the murder of Harold Cooper, as a co-conspirator, and was awaiting trial at the time of appellant’s trial. The testimony of the state’s witnesses which was objected to by appellant was relevant to show appellant’s motives in this case and was admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule under Code Ann. § 38-306. See, also,
Wortham v. State,
The trial court’s charge on conspiracy, also enumerated as error, was authorized by the evidence in this case.
See Battle v. State,
Alibi Charge
Enumeration of error 12 challenges the trial court’s charge on alibi. The charge was similar to the one approved by this court in
Patterson v. State,
Colloquy on Alibi Witnesses
Enumeration No. 11 cites as error the colloquy between the district attorney and the trial court concerning the defendant’s alibi witnesses. No objection was made at trial to these statements and the trial court was not given an opportunity to correct any possible prejudice to appellant. "A party cannot during the trial ignore what he thinks to be an injustice, take his chance on a favorable verdict, and complain later.”
Joyner v. State,
*442 Newly Discovered Evidence
Enumeration of error 13 states that the trial court erred in failing to grant a new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Three of the state’s witnesses submitted affidavits after the trial which, if true, tend to impeach the credibility of the wife of the victim and refute the testimony of another state witness on a collateral matter.
In
Bell v. State,
Sentence
Appellant’s last enumeration of error urges that the trial court erred in imposing two consecutive life sentences upon his conviction by the jury of the crimes of murder and armed robbery. The death sentence was sought by the state on the murder conviction, but the jury returned a punishment of life imprisonment. The trial court did not submit the question of punishment for armed robbery to the jury, but reserved that issue to itself. After the jury returned a life imprisonment sentence for the murder, the trial judge heard additional evidence and imposed a consecutive life sentence for the armed robbery.
The question this issue raises is whether the trial court was authorized to set the punishment for the armed robbery conviction or whether the issue of punishment on both the murder conviction and armed robbery conviction *443 had to be submitted to the jury.
Code Ann. § 27-2503 (a) provides: "Except in cases in which the death penalty may be imposed, upon the return of a verdict of ’guilty’ by the jury in any felony case, the judge shall dismiss the jury... [and] impose the sentence .. .’’This court held in
Jessen v. State,
Conclusion
The enumerations of error in this appeal having been examined by the court and no cause for reversal having been found, the convictions and sentences of the appellant in the Superior Court of Baldwin County must be affirmed.
Judgment affirmed.
Notes
Nothing stated in the dissenting opinion in
Bennett v. State,