Lomax v. State

Curtis Leon Lomax was charged with the robbery of Jack McGee Sellers by taking $1,700.00 in currency from his person. The jury found the appellant "guilty as charged" and fixed punishment at ten years imprisonment. The trial court set sentence in accordance with this verdict.

Jack Sellers testified that on July 14, 1975, he was employed by Ed Braswell Furniture Company, 3106 North Twenty-Seventh Street, Birmingham, Alabama. On this date, shortly after 2:00 p.m., Sellers stated he was waiting on a customer in the rear of the building. Sellers related that someone struck him from the rear on his…