Davenport v. State

Appellant Bernard K. Davenport and his codefendant Lena Williams were jointly tried and convicted by the court sitting without a jury of two armed robberies committed upon taxicab drivers. In addition, appellant was found guilty of unlawfully possessing narcotics and his codefendant was separately found guilty of committing the armed robbery of a taxicab driver on February 21, 1968. Each was sentenced to consecutive five-year terms on each of their three convictions, to be served under the jurisdiction of the Department of Correction. On this appeal from his convictions, the appellant…