Prince v. State

The appellant was indicted and convicted for robbery and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. As ground for reversing the judgment of conviction the appellant relies solely on the failure of the trial court to grant his motion for new trial alleging that newly discovered evidence warranted the setting aside of the verdict of guilty and the granting of a new trial.

On the night of December 11, 1976, two males entered and robbed Johnson's Fast Foods in Mobile, Alabama. Both the cashier and owner of the store positively identified the appellant as being one of the robbers. The cashier described…