McCall v. State

SCRUGGS, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was indicted by the February, 1971, session of the Mobile County *224Grand Jury for the offense of robbery. On February 25, 1971, the defendant waived the reading of the indictment and pled not guilty. His trial was held on October 20, 1971, and the defendant was at that time convicted and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary, pursuant to the verdict of the Jury. Notice of appeal was given, an attorney was appointed to represent the defendant on the appeal, and he was given a free transcript.

A Kayo Oil Company service station in Mobile was robbed on…