Adams v. State

George Howard, Jr., Justice.

The Truckers’ Inn on Highway 79 North in Jefferson County was robbed by a lone black gunman on April 1, 1977. Some 16 hours later, appellant, Felton Adams, was arrested. A dirty, white bank bag (money bag) was found in his pocket at the time of the arrest. Marzella Williams, an employee at Truckers’ Inn, identified appellant as the robber. Furthermore, some fingerprints taken from a cup at the Truckers’ Inn that the robber had used immediately prior to the robbery were identified as appellant’s. The bank bag was identified as being similar to the one used in the…