Staggs v. State

WILLIAM P. POWERS, Circuit Judge.

Robbery: sentence, ten years imprisonment.

I

Bobby James Staggs was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to a term of ten years by the Circuit Court of Limestone County. Staggs’ motion for a new trial was denied, and he appeals.

II

The defendant was driving an automobile which was stopped by Deputies Cleatus Craig and Norman Looney of the Limestone County Sheriff’s Department at approximately 2:00 o’clock in the morning. Deputy Looney asked the defendant to step out for a check of his driver’s license.

The passenger in the defendant’s vehicle placed a gun in…