Coats v. State

OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

Appellant, Dillas Ray Coats, hereinafter referred to as the defendant was charged, tried, and convicted in the District Court, Oklahoma County, Case No. CRF-76-3486, for the offense of Robbery with Firearms, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.1973, § 801. Punishment was fixed at life imprisonment plus twenty (20) years. From this judgment and sentence a timely appeal has been filed.

The State’s first witness was Galeb Awai-da who stated that on September 7,1976, he was employed at Ray’s May Avenue Liquor Store in Oklahoma City. At 9:00 p. m.…