Pritchett v. State

Willie D. Pritchett was indicted for the first degree robbery of one Larry James Walton, by taking from the person of Larry James Walton two twenty-dollar bills, threatening the imminent use of force to effectuate the taking of or escaping with the property, while armed with a deadly weapon, a pistol, contrary to § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found the appellant "guilty of robbery in the first degree" and the trial court fixed punishment at life imprisonment without benefit of parole pursuant to the Alabama Habitual Offender Act.

Larry James Walton stated that he was a security…