McDaneld v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery and his punishment fixed at thirty years in the penitentiary. With court-appointed counsel present at arraignment he pleaded not guilty. After sentence was imposed he gave notice of appeal. He was furnished a free transcript and trial counsel was appointed to represent him on appeal.

The evidence for the State is undisputed that in the early morning hours of February 23, 1975, the Magic Mart Grocery Store located at 2320 Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, was robbed by a lone gunman armed with a pistol.

Mary Massingill testified that she was…