Caldwell v. State

Robbery in the third degree; sentence: five years' imprisonment.

Appellant contends that the State failed to present sufficient evidence to sustain his conviction beyond the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice contrary to §12-21-222, Code of Ala. 1975. We agree.

Charles Skanes entered a store, the Western Station, in Florala, Alabama, around 8:30 p.m. on July 18, 1980, and asked Mary Williams, the attendant, for two cartons of cigarettes. Skanes followed her into the storeroom where she was procuring the cigarettes and proceeded to severely beat her with a tire tool. Two Lockhart,…