Bates v. State

Cecil Eugene Bates was indicted and convicted for robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced to ninety-nine years' imprisonment as a habitual offender.

Bates' conviction stems from the robbery of a Parade Service Station on April 27, 1983, in which Keith Hicks was the actual robber and Bates drove the "get-away car". This appeal is from Bates' second trial. His first trial was declared a mistrial because of a deadlocked jury.

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Bates contends that the trial court erred in permitting the State to introduce into evidence a portion of the previous testimony of John Nelson, Jr. given at Bates'…