Laney v. State

HARRIS, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the Calhoun County Grand Jury for robbery in the first degree in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code 1975. At arraignment, appellant entered a plea of not guilty. The jury returned a verdict of guilty, and the court sentenced appellant to twelve years’ imprisonment in the state penitentiary.

Pat Quigley, store manager of Jerry’s Super Yalu in Bynum, Calhoun County, Alabama, testified he observed appellant in the store at 4:00 p. m. on December 18, 1980. Appellant was in the wine section and was “stuffing a bottle of wine down his trousers.” As…