Flenory v. State

The appellant, Bobby Gene Flenory, was convicted after a jury trial of robbery in the first degree, a violation of §13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offender Act to life in prison without parole. He presents three issues on appeal to this Court.

I

The appellant first contends that the trial court committed reversible error when it sustained the state's objection to a lay witness's testimony regarding the appellant's sanity.

The witness, Geraldine Flenory, the appellant's mother, was called as a state's witness and testified on direct examination…