State v. Martin

DOWD, Chief Judge.

The defendant, Marvin Thomas Martin, was convicted by a jury of stealing over fifty dollars and was sentenced to five years imprisonment. Defendant has appealed.

Defendant raises two Points Relied On: (1) that the court committed reversible error in its opening statement to the jury panel that the defendant was charged under the Habitual Criminal Act; (2) that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction that defendant aided and abetted in the offense of stealing.

The panel of twenty-four jurors was sworn. The court proceeded to make the following statement to the…