Golphin v. State

GRIMES, Judge.

Joseph Golphin was charged with the crimes of robbery and using a firearm in the commission of a felony in three separate cases. He was convicted of robbery in each instance and received three concurrent life sentences. He was also found guilty on each of the charges of using a firearm in the commission of a felony. For two of these crimes he was sentenced to concurrent terms of 15 years but no sentence was entered on the third conviction.

A recitation of the facts surrounding Golphin’s arrest is pertinent to the determination of one or more of these cases. On November 30, 1972,…