People v. Bynum

Opinion by

MR. JUSTICE HODGES.

Defendant-appellant Bynum and Leslie Roy Bell were convicted of robbing 1 a young couple in a restaurant parking lot. They were apprehended shortly after the robbery on the strength of the victims’ descriptions of their assailants. The appellant and Bell were in possession of the money clip and purse taken from the victims, together with the approximate amount of money taken from them. At their joint trial, their chief defense was that Bell was under the influence of drugs during the robbery and therefore was unable to form the specific intent to rob and was also…