Collins v. State

After a trial by jury, the two defendants, Alfred Collins and Charles Hickland, were found guilty of commission of a crime while armed and assault and battery with the intent to kill. The trial court sentenced both to eighteen years’ imprisonment on the first count and two to fourteen years’ imprisonment on the second count, with the terms to be sérved consecutively.

The evidence established that on November 19,1974, Willard Brooks was robbed and shot by three assailants. The following day, November 20, 1974, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation apprehended the two defendants in…