Burton v. State

Robbery; sentence: ninety-nine years imprisonment.

William B. Harrison testified he was the resident manager of Hilltop Arms Apartments in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 18, 1978. Approximately 6:00 p.m. that day Mr. Harrison closed his office and walked to a nearby elevator in the lobby of the apartments carrying a tackle box which he used as a money box for business receipts. Harrison testified at trial that the box contained currency and checks amounting to approximately $380.

As he was waiting on the elevator, two black males approached him and asked the location of a nonexistent apartment…