Chatman v. State

Floyd Chatman was indicted, tried, and convicted for robbery. The trial court set sentence at twenty years imprisonment, and this appeal followed.

On August 18, 1978, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Robert Cato was preparing to close the Texaco service station which he managed, located on the Birmingham Highway in Montgomery County, Alabama. While Mr. Cato was serving one of his last customers, a black male, later identified as Charles Chatman, approached Mr. Cato and asked for and received change for a soft drink machine. Shortly thereafter, Charles Chatman and an individual, positively…