Norris v. State

First degree robbery; life without parole.

On March 28, 1980, Mrs. Maurice Dandy was working at Luther's Snack Bar, of which she was a co-owner, in Pratt City, Jefferson County, Alabama, when she was robbed at gunpoint of approximately one-hundred to one-hundred and fifty dollars. Dandy identified the appellant at trial as the black male who robbed her and described the gun he had as "silver and big." There were no other witnesses to the alleged robbery and the State rested after Dandy testified.

The appellant testified in his own behalf and denied committing the robbery. He stated that he was…