White v. State

*313JOHNSON, Judge.

Appellant was indicted for robbery by the Grand Jury of Lee County, Alabama, on May 15, 1967. Counsel was appointed to represent appellant on May 16, prior to his arraignment. Upon a plea of not guilty, trial was had on May 22, 1967, and on the same date the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged. Punishment was set at ten years in the State penitentiary. Subsequently, appellant moved for a new trial which was denied. Hence, this appeal.

The State’s first witness was Frederick Scott Johnson who testified that on Friday, January 6, 1967, he “went into a beer joint * * *…