Blankenship v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant, John Ronald Blankenship, and a co-defendant were tried for robbery with a deadly weapon in the Criminal Court of Shelby County on April 6, 1967, and the defendant was convicted and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. His co-defendant was acquitted. His motion for a new trial having been overruled and the verdict of the jury approved by the trial judge, he has perfected his appeal and assigned errors.

This is the second time that the defendant has been tried for this offense. He was convicted, along with two co-defendants, on March 31, 1964,…