Miller v. State

FAULKNER, Justice.

It was a cold November afternoon in the home of the elderly Burgess brothers, located near Coalfire, Pickens County, Alabama. Harvey was warming himself by the heater, and Leonard was sleeping on a bed. Two men, one described as black and the other as “yellow”, knocked on the door and asked to be let in to get warm. Shortly thereafter, the two men broke a chair over Harvey’s head. When 'he came to, the men, $50 from his pocket, and $3 from his brother’s pocket were gone.

The Pickens County Grand Jury handed down separate indictments against Mack Bride Miller for robbing…