Smith v. State

The appellant was convicted of robbery in the first degree in violation of Section 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama (1975), and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act.

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The appellant argues that the trial judge abused his discretion in failing to grant the appellant's motion for continuance in order to secure a witness's testimony. The appellant argues that his former attorney would have testified that the appellant's statement was incomplete, as it failed to indicate that the appellant had been drinking prior to his escape from the Chilton…