State v. Young

MOORE, Chief Justice.

Defendant, Charles Wesley Young, was jointly indicted with Benjamin Harrison Yoakum for the crime of robbery with aggravation. A trial jury acquitted Yoakum. Thereafter defendant was tried, convicted and sentenced to a 25-year term in the state penitentiary under the provisions of Code section 711.2. He has appealed. We affirm.

Defendant’s first assigned error invokes the doctrine of res judicata and collateral estoppel based on Yoakum’s acquittal. Secondly he contends the evidence at most shows he was only an accessory after the fact and therefore not chargeable as a…