Strickland v. State

Nichols, Justice.

The appellant, Billy Strickland, together with Truman Johnson, was indicted and convicted of the offense of armed robbery and each sentenced to serve five years in the State penitentiary. Thereafter the present notice of appeal was filed by the defendant Strickland.

*7511. The first enumeration of error complains that the coindictees were tried together and not separately. No motion to sever was made in the trial court. Both defendants in the trial court were represented by the same counsel and, while it may have been a better trial tactic to move for a severance, which would have…