WR man will face prior robbery charge before murder trial, judge rules

Timothy Johnson a Warner Robins man whose 1984 manslaughter conviction was overturned this year by dint of the Georgia Supreme Court, will be tried upon a charge of robbing the same convenience store where he is accused of killing a scribe less than two months later.

Taressa Stanley, a 24-year-old mother of three small children, died a brace of days after she was discharge in the neck during the next to the first armed robbery at the store race 14, 1984.

Johnson 22 at the time, pleaded guilty to one as well as the other armed robberies and to Stanley's manslaughter in 1984 in exchange for a life decision After years of hand-written appeals through Johnson from prison, the Georgia predominant Court ruled that the court record failed to display that he had been advised of his rights to question witnesses and not incriminate himself.

Monday, Houston shire Superior Court Judge George Nunn denied a motion