Rice v. State

Y.C. Rice was indicted for robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama, 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged in the indictment." He was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole as a habitual felony offender and ordered to make restitution in the amount of $14,090.60.

The appellant has not raised the sufficiency of the evidence on appeal, and, therefore, the facts of this case will be briefly stated.

At approximately 11:30 on the morning of January 4, 1985, Julia Whitsett was walking behind the Cloverdale A P store in Montgomery when she was…