Clency v. State

Bobby Ray Clency was convicted of the first degree robbery of Mr. Robert Raymond Callaway, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. The state's evidence indicated that Mr. Callaway was leaving the All American Insurance Agency in Birmingham, Alabama, at about 5:25 one afternoon. As he walked out the back door, he was grabbed by two black males, one of whom had a shotgun. A money bag which contained $1,949.00 was taken from him. About ten days later, Callaway was reading theBirmingham News and saw in the newspaper a picture of one of the men who had robbed him. An article accompanying…