Poole v. State

The appellant, Ricardo Poole, was convicted of robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, and of receiving stolen property in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-17, Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the robbery conviction, and to 20 years' imprisonment for the conviction for receiving stolen property.

The record indicates that on the night of the robbery the appellant and four other individuals were travelling in a blue Cadillac automobile, which had been stolen from the Augusta Mall in Augusta, Georgia. In one…