Steele v. State

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The defendant below, Leonard Steele, appeals in error from a judgment of conviction for robbery with a deadly weapon and 25 years’ imprisonment. He first contends that the evidence preponderates against the verdict of guilty.

*839The state’s proof showed that the prosecutor, Edward M. Witt, a car salesman from Maryville, went to a beer tavern on Chapman Highway in Knox County for the purpose of trying to sell a car to the proprietor. As he was drinking beer and waiting for the owner to return, the defendant approached him, said he worked for the state, and asked Witt…