State v. Harvey

Moss, Chief Justice.

The record shows that Dewitt Harvey and William Duck, the appellants herein, along with Jimmy Lee Leach and George Burbage, were indicted and charged with the crime of armed robbery. Sec. 16-333 of the Code. Upon arranign ment all four of the defendants entered a plea of “not guilty”. When the case was called for trial Leach and Burbage entered a plea of “guilty” as charged. Harvey and Duck, represented by appointed counsel, were tried before The Honorable George Bell Timmermon, Jr., presiding judge, and a jury, on May 31, 1967. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and…