Randall v. State

It will be here noted that the first two alibi witnesses of the defendant testified that he registered in a hotel in Meridian, Mississippi, under the assumed name of Wilson; that he had checked out at 1:54 p. m.*, on May 14, 1944. The distance from Meridian to Atlanta, Georgia, is 344 miles. The robbery was between 9:30 and 10:00 p. m. on May 14. By driving at an average rate of 46 miles per hour, which is 9 miles less than the legal speed rate in Georgia, he could have been in Atlanta at the time of the robbery.

The next alibi witness for the defendant was his sister, who testified in part…