James v. State

The appellant, Eric André James, was convicted of burglary in the third degree and four counts of robbery in the first degree, violations of §§13A-7-7 and 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, respectively. He was sentenced under the Habitual Felony Offender Act, §13A-5-9, Code of Alabama 1975, to 25 years in the state penitentiary for the burglary conviction and to life imprisonment without parole for each of the robbery convictions.

The appellant raises four issues on appeal.

I

The appellant first contends that the trial court erred in receiving into evidence the record of his prior felony…