Jones v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for robbery in the first degree. Alabama Code 1975, Section 13A-8-41 (Amended 1977). Sentence was ten years' imprisonment.

I

The defendant raises several issues surrounding the eyewitness identification.

On Saturday, July 4, 1981, the defendant entered the Jr. Food Store in Alexander City and asked to use the restroom. Mrs. Grace Rainwater observed the defendant at this time. When the defendant returned from the restroom he had one towel across his face and another over his hand partially concealing "what looked like a gun." The defendant ordered Mrs.…