Carter v. State

Bennie Mack Carter was charged in four separate indictments with robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, and in a fifth indictment with attempted murder, in violation of § 13A-6-2 and § 13A-4-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The cases were consolidated for trial, and the jury found Carter guilty of four counts of robbery in the first degree and one count of attempted murder, as charged in the five indictments. The trial court then sentenced Carter to five concurrent 25-year terms of imprisonment. Four issues are raised on appeal.

I

Carter contends that the trial…