Porter v. State

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BUSSEY, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Thomas Henry Porter, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, was charged, tried and convicted of Robbery with Firearms, After Former Conviction of a Felony, in the District Court of Payne County, Case No. CRF-80-77, was sentenced to thirty (30) years’ imprisonment, and he appeals.

On January 16, 1980, a black male entered Charlie’s Discount Drug Store in Still-water, Oklahoma, and asked Charles Holcomb, the owner of the store who was alone at the time, where the cough drops were located. The man walked to the check-out counter with his…