Perry v. State

Robbery; sentence: eighteen years imprisonment.

The appellant did not elect to testify in his own behalf nor did he present any evidence. The issues on appeal concern the trial court's denial of a mistrial and the refusal to give certain requested instructions to the jury.

I

The appellant contends that his motions for mistrial should have been granted because the misconduct of an accomplice during the trial prejudiced him.

Billy Joe King testified that he, Thomas Wilson, and the appellant planned and executed a bank robbery in Decatur. King drove the get-away car while the other two actually…