Pope v. State

Barnes, Judge.

Edward Kelvin Pope appeals his convictions of armed robbery, kidnapping, false imprisonment, burglary, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Pope was convicted as a party to those crimes by unlawfully aiding, abetting, advising, encouraging, counseling, and procuring others to commit the crimes. Pope contended at his trial that he did not aid, abet, encourage, or procure the perpetrators of the crime, but the jury found him guilty and Pope was sentenced to a term of confinement of life plus 70 years. After his motion for a new trial was denied, Pope filed this appeal.

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