Mathews v. State

WILLIAM I. BYRD, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Edison Mathews, was indicted, tried, convicted of robbery, and sentenced to serve ten years in the State penitentiary by a jury in Madison County, Alabama from which he appealed.

Evidence presented by the State tended to show that on a dark night, June 5, 1975, about 10:45 P.M., two men entered an establishment known as Veterans Beverage Store on Highway 72 in Madison County, Alabama, operated by Claude Harbin. Harbin was alone. The two men drew pistols and took $60. and a wrist watch from Harbin. Harbin testified one of the men, the defendant,…