Serritt v. State

Harlin Philip Seritt, Jr., was indicted for the robbery of David Wilson by taking some two hundred dollars ($200.00) from his person, against his will, etc., the money being the property of Howard Johnson Motel at Vestavia, Jefferson County, Alabama.

The jury found the appellant "guilty of robbery in the first degree as charged" and after a separate sentencing hearing, at which the appellant's past criminal record was placed before the trial judge, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole under the Alabama Habitual Offender Act. It is from these proceedings at the trial…