Brown v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This charge of aggravated robbery arose from the armed robbery of a grocery store in Jonesboro. On motion the venue was changed to Mississippi county. The defendant denied the charge, asserting that he was in Memphis, Tennessee, at the time of the crime. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and assessed the punishment at ten years in prison. There is no merit in either of the two arguments for reversal.

First, the transcript that was sent from Craighead county to Mississippi county was not certified by the Craighead circuit clerk until about two weeks after the…