Dykes v. State

Appellant, Fred Dykes, was convicted of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Leon Alexander testified at trial that he was employed at Hardee's Number Two in Jefferson County, Alabama, on the day of the robbery. He was leaving the establishment around 2:00 a.m. when he was approached by two armed men wearing stocking masks. The men forced him at gunpoint to summon the managers of the store.

Eric Agee was the first manager to arrive, but he did not have the current combination to the Hardee's safe, and so the robbers held Alexander and Agee…