Pickett v. State

The defendant was found guilty of the first degree robbery of Charles Long. Sentence was twenty-five years' imprisonment.

I

Although the State's evidence did not establish that $400.00 was stolen as alleged in the indictment, such a variance is not fatal to the robbery conviction. Wilson v. State, 268 Ala. 86,105 So.2d 66 (1958). In a prosecution for robbery, the value of the stolen goods need not be proved to be exactly as alleged in the indictment. Nolen v. State, 376 So.2d 1143, 1148 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 376 So.2d 1148 (Ala. 1979).

II

Although the pretrial showup identification of the…