Lawson v. State

OPINION

The appellant, Willie Lawson, hereinafter referred to as defendant, was charged in the District Court, Logan County, Case No. CRF-75-79, with the offense of Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon, in violation of 21 O.S.1971, § 801. In a jury trial the defendant was found guilty and given a sentence of twenty (20) years’ imprisonment. From that judgment and sentence he has appealed to this Court.

Briefly stated, the facts adduced by the State were that on trial the defendant was identified by Mr. Joe Eldridge as the man who, on September 10, 1975, entered the lone Package Store, owned and…