Taylor v. State

The appellant, along with James Anderson and Jerome Wilson, were indicted and tried jointly for robbery. Anderson and appellant, Taylor, were convicted of robbery and Taylor, who was sentenced to ten years imprisonment, brings this appeal.

Briefly, the testimony offered by the state shows that on the 9th day of May, 1970, Officer Dick Bowen of the Andalusia Police Department, was on duty riding a motorcycle when he received a call to go to Southside at Fern and Beasley streets and when he arrived, there was a crowd of people standing in a yard. As he approached, one man, whom he knew, Jerome…