Williams v. State

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in Shelby County for the offenses of armed robbery and rape. He was sentenced to serve 35 years in the State Penitentiary in the rape case and 25 years in the robbery case. The two sentences were ordered to run concurrently.

We must affirm the first assignment of error. The Honorable Otis Higgs, Jr., Judge of Division IV of the Criminal Court of Shelby County, presided at appellant’s trial. Appellant was convicted on June 30, 1975, and he filed his motion for a new trial on July 23, 1975. The motion for a new trial was overruled by Judge Higgs on…