Ex Parte Sapp

497 So.2d 550 (1986)

Ex parte Willie James SAPP, Jr.

(Re Willie James Sapp, Jr. v. State of Alabama).

85-346.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 26, 1986.

James B. Sprayberry, Auburn, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Victor Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BEATTY, Justice.

Certiorari was granted to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals had correctly interpreted Code of 1975, § 13A-8-41, which creates the offense of robbery in the first degree:

"(a) A person commits the crime of robbery in the first degree if he violates section 13A-8-43 and he:

"(1) Is armed with…