Mallory v. State

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Arthur D. Mallory was charged and convicted of robbery in the first degree in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County and was sentenced as a habitual offender to life without parole. This appeal follows.

In early August of 1981, appellant approached one Ray Stanford, the assistant manager of a Montgomery jewelry store, and proposed buying some jewelry from him "under the counter without a written receipt." About two weeks later, appellant returned to the jewelry…