People v. Banks

The St. Clair County grand jury, in September 1975, charged the defendant, Albert Banks, and his wife, Debra Banks, with aggravated battery, and with robbery “in that they did take property, being two (2) rings from the person or presence of Zilphia Lauderdale, by the use of force” on August 11, 1975. Later the court granted a motion for severance. Well over two years after the indictment, the defendant’s motion to dismiss the count of robbery was granted by the circuit court “for failure to state the offense of Robbery in that Count I of the indictment fails to allege the necessary element…