Heard v. State

687 So.2d 212 (1996)

Michael Lewis HEARD

v.

STATE.

CR-95-1357.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

November 1, 1996.

Larry Morris, Alpine, for Appellant.

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and Beth Slate Poe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Appellee.

PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Michael Lewis Heard, was indicted for first degree robbery, a violation of § 13A-8-41, Ala.Code 1975. In the indictment, the State alleged that the appellant robbed the Top Dollar Pawn Shop while armed with a handgun and shot the store clerk during the commission of this crime. Although the appellant initially pleaded not guilty at his…