Booth v. State

The principal contention of the appellant (Charles Edwin Booth) is that he was denied his constitutional right of confrontation when he was convicted of armed robbery on evidence that was not before the court. The only other claim is that the evidence relied on by the trial court was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

In the hold-up of a liquor store by three men, the one who was armed demanded all of the money ip the store and ordered the proprietor to open the cash register. When the register was opened, another of the trio removed the money from it and from the pockets of the proprietor.…