Jones v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Willie Jones was indicted by the grand jury of Montgomery County for two counts of robbery in the first degree in violation of section 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant filed a motion to suppress evidence, and this motion was denied. The appellant went to trial on September 1, 1987, and the jury found him “guilty as charged” in the indictment. He was sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment in the State penitentiary.

On the morning of February 13, 1987, Deputy Sheriffs Willie Holdren and W.J. DeJarnette were routinely patrolling near the Southtrust Bank on Norman…