Banks v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

The defendant and another were indicted for the offenses of armed robbery (Count 1) and kidnapping (Count 2). The defendant was tried and convicted of robbery and kidnapping. The co-defendant, having pleaded guilty upon the state’s having made a recommendation that he be sentenced to a term of 15 years, to serve 10 years, testified against this defendant, implicating him fully in the crimes charged. However, on cross examination co-defendant admitted that he had given a false name when arrested and that the statement he gave the police on the morning he was arrested…