Calhoun v. State

Appellant, Carlton Calhoun, was convicted, after a jury trial, of the offense of robbery in the first degree, as proscribed by § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced, as a habitual offender with seven prior felony convictions, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

The state's evidence shows that appellant entered a business establishment in Selma, selected a bottle of wine from a cooler, placed it on the checkout counter, and presented money for payment. When the owner of the business opened the cash register to make change, appellant pointed a pistol at him and…