Higginbotham v. Commonwealth

Epoch Tacoma Higginbotham (defendant or Higginbotham) was tried and convicted by a jury of robbery and first degree murder and his punishment was fixed at a total of 40 years confinement in the state penitentiary. Sentences were pronounced by the trial court on these verdicts. We granted a writ of error to review the defendant’s claim that the evidence adduced at trial is insufficient to sustain his convictions.

Frederick Allen Sechrest, Jr. (Sechrest), who was employed at Little Joe’s Mini Market (Little Joe’s) in Amherst County, was robbed and murdered at his place of employment on the…