State v. Bennett

Haden, Justice:

Convicted of the crime of attempted armed robbery, defendant appeals from a final order of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County of October 16, 1972, which overruled his motion to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant him a new trial, and which also refused to arrest the judgment of the court sentencing him to confinement in the State Penitentiary for a period of ten years.

By an indictment returned April 18, 1972, Allen Curtis Bennett was charged as the sole perpetrator of the crime of attempted armed robbery of one Wade Bennett, a remote relative. Upon a plea of not…