Bell v. State

INZER, Justice:

Appellants Robert Bell and Vernon Madison were jointly tried and convicted of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County. Bell was sentenced to serve a term of thirty years and Madison was sentenced to serve a term of thirty five years in the State Penitentiary. From this conviction and sentence they appeal.

There is no conflict in the evidence in this case. It shows that at about 3 P.M. on November 20, 1970, two black males entered the Jet Package Liquor Store in the City of Meridian. Mr. J. C. Bomar, owner of the store, and Mrs. Pearl Mason, an employee, were the…