Oatsvall v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Robbery; sentence: ten years imprisonment.

Appellant was ably represented on appeal by court-appointed counsel different from counsel appointed in the trial of the case.

On November 21, 1974, around 9:00 or 9:15 P. M., Albert Peyer left the Admiral Semmes Hotel in Mobile and went to his car in a parking lot adjacent to the Admiral Semmes Motor Hotel. The lot was dark and lighted only by adjacent street lights. As he attempted to start his car, a man jerked the door open, put a knife to Peyer’s side and then to the rear of his left ear, and demanded money.

The man took a $20 bill,…