Hampton v. People

Hampton, Colbert and Reynolds were jointly charged with so-called aggravated robbery and conspiracy to commit the same. Colbert and Reynolds pleaded guilty and were sentenced to the state penitentiary. Hampton pleaded not guilty, but a jury of his peers adjudged him guilty of both charges. Hampton was also sentenced to the state penitentiary and he alone seeks reversal of the judgment and sentence of the trial court.

In his motion for a new trial Hampton alleged that the trial court committed reversible error in the following respects: (1) That the evidence against him was insufficient to…