Johnson v. State

The grand jury of Jefferson County indicted Leander Lee Johnson for the robbery of Susan Richardson by taking some $350.00, wine and beer from her person and by putting her in fear, etc. The jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged and fixed punishment at forty years imprisonment. The trial court then set sentence accordingly.

Mrs. Susan Richardson testified that she was working at the Road Runner Convenience Store # 2, located at 1725 18th Street, South, in Homewood, Alabama, between the hours of 3:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on October 27, 1976. Shortly after 7:00 p.m. that night, while Mrs.…