Thomas v. State

James Earl Thomas, the appellant, was convicted of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole as a habitual felony offender. The appellant raises three issues on this appeal from that conviction.

I

We hold that the trial court properly denied the appellant's motion to suppress.

The evidence shows that the clerk at the Suwannee Swifty store in Dothan, Alabama, was robbed by a masked man at approximately 8:30 on the night of December 1, 1991. Suspicion focused on the appellant because his wallet was discovered near the scene of the crime, together with a…