Hamilton v. State

Appellant David Dwayne Hamilton was indicted for robbery in the first degree and for attempted murder. He was found guilty by a Mobile County jury and sentenced to two concurrent sentences of life imprisonment.

Appellant, David Dwayne Hamilton, and two companions, while driving on Interstate 10 near Mobile, picked up a hitchhiker, Thomas Wesley Edwards. They exited the Interstate and went to a secluded sand pit where they pulled Edwards out of the truck and searched his belongings, finding only twelve cents. During the robbery, Edwards was severely beaten. Appellant and his friends kicked him…