Odom v. State

George Rose Smith, Justice.

The appellant, a resident of Brinkley, was charged as an accessory before the fact in the robbery of the Mad Butcher grocery store at Brinkley. It was the State’s theory that Odom assisted three other men, Embrey, Bruton, and Zappas, in planning the robbery. The other three actually committed the crime, with Odom receiving $400 as his share. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and imposed sentences of ten years for the robbery and eight years for the use of a firearm.

Inasmuch as there is one clear-cut reversible error, we confine our discussion to that point and…