Uber v. State

In three indictments, Martin Jay Uber was charged with the offenses of 1) burglary in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-7-5, Code of Alabama 1975; 2) robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975; and 3) theft of property in the first degree, in violation of §13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975. The three cases were tried together, and the jury found Uber guilty of the three offenses as charged in the indictments. The court sentenced Uber as a habitual offender to three concurrent sentences of 25 years each in the state penitentiary.

The evidence at trial…