Smith v. State

Robbery; sentence: ten years.

The appellant was convicted for the robbery of one hundred dollars from Alley Drugs. He maintains that this conviction should be reversed because two blackboards containing conflicting notations were allowed in the jury room during the jury's deliberations where the blackboards had not been introduced and admitted in evidence, and because of statements made by the prosecutor during closing argument.

The evidence reveals that on the afternoon of October 26, 1974, Richard Craig drove the appellant to visit his sister. On leaving, they went to Alley Drugs because…