Cargill v. State

Appellant, Wade Cargill, was indicted by the Montgomery County Grand Jury for the offense of robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama (1975). Appellant was arraigned on March 17, 1982, where he entered a plea of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. Appellant was tried before a jury and found guilty on May 25, 1982. The trial court sentenced appellant to a term of fifteen years in the state penitentiary.

Charles Williams, seventy years of age, owns and operates a grocery store in rural Montgomery County and lives in a house across the street from his…