Jenkins v. State

Robbery; sentence: life imprisonment.

In the early morning hours of August 29, 1978, the appellant along with two accomplices robbed a Zippy Mart in Andalusia of three six packs of beer, a bag of potato chips, a can of meat, some magazines, and approximately $190. During the course of the robbery, the attendant, John Ezra Brown, was killed. SeeCoon v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 380 So.2d 980 (1979). The appellant did not participate in the commission of the homicide, but rather drove the getaway car. Within thirty minutes of the robbery, he was apprehended.

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The appellant filed a motion to exclude the…