Crabbe v. Commonwealth

We consider here whether the trial court erred in refusing an alibi instruction offered by the accused.

The grand jury returned three robbery indictments against Herman Crabbe, Jr. The three charges were combined for trial by jury. The first offense occurred on January 29, 1979 at 2:00 a.m., the second and third on February 1, 1979 at 9:45 and 11:15 p.m. Crabbe’s wife testified that she and her husband had spent the entire night of January 29 at home. According to Barbara Robinson, she and Crabbe had been together all day on February 1 until he left with Robert Hogan at 10:45 or 11:00 p.m.…