Clency v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Charles Ray Clency was indicted for and convicted of first-degree robbery of Elizabeth Poole, while armed with a pistol, for which he was sentenced, pursuant to Alabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act, to life imprisonment without parole.

It is undisputed that on October 18,1980, this appellant, Charles Clency, drove Benjamin Franklin Davis to Harbin’s Drug Store in Hoover, Alabama, where they entered the store together. The appellant immediately solicited the assistance of Ms. Fraser, the cashier on duty, in selecting a face cream “for oily skin.” Mr. Davis proceeded to the rear…