Strickland v. State

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Robbery; sentence: ten years imprisonment.

Fannie Thomas testified that around 2:45 A.M. on August 4, 1976, Arvil Strickland, the appellant's brother, entered the Majik Market on Highland Avenue in Montgomery where she worked as a cashier. She stated that Arvil Strickland robbed her at gunpoint, taking "a little over $300." The witness recognized the robber even though he was wearing a stocking mask. She said that he was the same man who had robbed her a few weeks…