Swicegood v. State

TYSON, Presiding Judge.

The appellant was indicted for the robbery of one Claxton Carter by taking some $7,000.00 in currency, one tape recorder, one leather suit bag, a pair of eyeglasses, two thirty-eight caliber pistols, four eight-track tapes, and some clothing from his person and by putting him in fear. The trial jury found the' appellant guilty as charged, and fixed punishment at twenty years imprisonment. The trial court then entered judgment, setting sentence in accordance with this verdict, and following a hearing on the motion for new trial, which challenged the lineup identification…