Johnson v. State

Appellant seeks review of his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment in the State penitentiary, entered by the trial court following a jury verdict finding the appellant guilty of robbery.

On January 25, 1970, the Holiday Inn Motel in Key West was held up and robbed of about $700.00. The victims described the robber as a large negro male, weighing about 280 or 300 pounds and standing six feet six inches or six feet eight inches tall. *209At about 2:30 A.M. on January 26, 1970, the appellant and two others were apprehended in the North Key Largo area. A few days later, the appellant and the…