Paige v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment by the grand jury of Butler County, Alabama, charged the appellant with the robbery of one Sally Dortch. The jury’s verdict found appellant “guilty of robbery as charged in the indictment,” and fixed punishment at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The trial court then entered judgment, setting sentence in accordance with this verdict.

Sally Dortch testified that she was ninety-seven years old and lived in Chapman in Butler County, Alabama. She stated on the evening of March 21, 1974, she ate dinner, locked the door, and went to bed early at which time she…