Watkins v. State

OPINION

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction for robbery. We affirm.

On the evening of July 24, 1975, Howard Orville Watkins and his codefendant Ernestine Webster visited the apartment of Robert Overstreet, a seventy-nine year old retired chef whom they had met the night before. The three spent the evening drinking and watching television. When one bottle of whiskey was emptied, Overstreet requested Watkins to go out for another and gave him $10 from a roll of bills with a hundred dollar bill on the outside.

According to Overstreet, at approximately 1:30 a.m. Watkins got up to leave…