Casey v. State

Nathan Sherman Casey was convicted of robbery in the first degree and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole as a habitual offender. He presents four questions on appeal.

I

Defendant takes issue with the trial court's charge to the jury regarding aiding and abetting, stating in his brief that the "proper definition" of the phrase was set out in Jones v.State, 174 Ala. 53, 57 So. 31 (1911), as follows: The words "aid and abet `comprehend all assistance rendered by acts or words of encouragement or support or presence, actual or constructive, to render assistance should it become…