Godbee v. State

HARRIS, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of robbery and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. At arraignment, attended by counsel, he pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. After conviction he was furnished a free transcript of the record and trial counsel was appointed to represent him on appeal.

On March 8, 1974, two men robbed the Majik Market on Madison Avenue in Montgomery, Alabama. Mrs. Margaret Louise Ledbetter Cooley was alone in the store at the time. Mrs. Cooley was a school teacher by profession and taught physical education at Carver Junior High School, but…