Stephens v. State

Tom Glaze, Judge.

Appellants, Johnny Stephens and Kenneth Beatty, appeal from their convictions for aggravated robbery and manslaughter. Both were sentenced as habitual offenders.

On 23 November 1983, five men were involved in an armed robbery, during which one of the robbers was killed. Two defendants pled guilty, and later testified for the State at appellants’joint trial by jury. Appellants were both charged with acting as lookouts during the robbery. In this appeal, Stephens contends that the trial court erred in allowing the introduction of evidence of three prior convictions under the…