Wright v. State

Appellant was indicted by the Jefferson County Grand Jury on January 9, 1981, for the offense of robbery in the first degree in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. Appellant was arraigned in open court on January 16, 1981, where he entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment. He was tried before a jury on May 20, 1981, and found guilty. The court sentenced appellant to a term of twenty years' imprisonment in the Alabama State Prison System. This appeal followed.

Henry Barrett, the robbery victim, testified that, on July 30, 1980, at approximately 1:40 p.m., he was making his…