Batey v. State

GALBREATH, Judge.

OPINION

Appealing from his conviction in the Davidson County Criminal Court for armed robbery and the minimum sentence of ten years imposed by the jury, the plaintiff in error challenges only the sufficiency of the evidence and the capriciousness of the jury for basing its verdict on it.

The facts adduced were elaborations of a voluntary statement given by the defendant, Robert Lee Batey, to the Nashville Police:

On Thursday, December 20,1973, Larry Griffin and I left my house. I had to go to the hospital. Larry asked me to drop him off at his girl friend’s house and on the way…