Ex Parte Brown

Willie James Brown, Jr., was convicted of first degree robbery and was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction. 564 So.2d 104. We granted the writ of certiorari to review his contention that the trial court erred in giving the following jury charge:

"In order to bring in a verdict, each one of you — a verdict of guilty, each one of you must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty that out there — I'm not really sure exactly where that place is. But here in Mobile, in Mobile County, Alabama on the 23rd of…