Kendrick v. State

BOWEN W. SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

Appellant-defendant was tried in the Jefferson County Circuit Court for robbery and convicted by a jury which fixed his punishment at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Appeal is from the judgment that was entered pursuant to the conviction.

A brief statement of facts will suffice for this opinion. The defendant, according to the state’s evidence, entered the victim’s home and, by threats to use a butcher knife in his possession, obtained $10.00 from the victim whose name is Jo Ann Wiley — a black person as was the defendant. The offense…