Goodwin v. State

Riley Martin Goodwin was convicted of robbery in the first degree and sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Three issues are argued on appeal.

I

The following requested charge was properly refused:

"It is the Defendant, Riley Martin Goodwin's, theory of the case, and there was testimony to support his theory, that the two witnesses are mistaken in their identification of him. Furthermore, Mr. Goodwin states that he was at a friend's home at the time the robbery was committed."

The defendant argues that, since he did not testify in his own behalf,…