Minnifield v. State

Edward Lee Minnifield was convicted for the robbery of the Big M Market in Birmingham, Alabama. He was sentenced, pursuant to Alabama's Habitual Felony Offender Act, to life imprisonment without parole.

On August 12, 1980, James Earl Franks and another man robbed the Big M Market. During the robbery, the other robber shot Paul Maniscalco, the owner and operator of the store, in the stomach, while Franks held Maniscalco's son, Sam, on the floor at gunpoint. The two men fled the scene with about $3,000 that they had taken from the store's cash register.

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