Lewis v. State

TYSON, Judge.

Willie Etonia Lewis was indicted for and convicted of the robbery of Perkins Jewelers in Birmingham. The trial court set sentence at 25 years’ imprisonment.

On December 17, 1979, two black men, one armed with a pistol and the other armed with a sawed-off “rifle”, entered Perkins Jewelers and forced Ms. Billie Stovers, an employee, to give them a number of men’s rings which were on display. The same two men, who were unmasked on both occasions, had been in the store earlier looking at these rings. Ms. Stovers had assisted them on their first visit and was face-to-face with both men…