People v. Palmer

The defendant, William Eugene Palmer, was indicted by the Macon County grand jury on February 8, 1973, in a two-count indictment charging him in Count I with armed robbery and in Count II with robbery.

Mr. Palmer allegedly took a billfold containing $9 from Virginia Bethards on December 9,1972, while armed with a claw hammer. On arraignment defendant pleaded not guilty to both counts.

On May 17, 1973, Palmer appeared before the court and offered to change his plea of not guilty to the robbery charge in return for a dismissal of the armed robbery charge and an agreed-upon sentence.

The State…