Ratcliff v. State

Hill, Justice.

This is an out-of-time appeal. James Ratcliff was found guilty of the armed robbery of a grocery store. His appeal involves the subpoenaing of two witnesses and the denial of a continuance.

Three robbers entered the store in the late afternoon of July 29, 1973, shopped until closing time, took money from the safe and cash registers at gunpoint, and left the employees in the cooler.

Two days before trial in December 1974, the defendant made a motion to supboena his wife and one C. T. Akins as witnesses. In support of this motion he stated that his wife would testify that he was not…