Hawkins v. State

Charles Edward Hawkins, the defendant below, represented by retained counsel, was convicted of armed robbery in the Criminal Court of Shelby County and was sentenced to imprisonment for 10 years in the State Penitentiary. He is now before this Court upon his appeal in the nature of a writ of error duly perfected.

Jointly indicted with the defendant were Don Franklin Henry and Kenneth Bernard Morris. Those two co-defendants were granted a severance.

By his first two Assignments of Error here, as in his amended motion for a new trial, the defendant charges the trial court with error' in admitting…