State v. Buxton

By an information filed in the Circuit Court of Buchanan County, Leo Dennis and Yiola Dennis, his wife, and the appellant were jointly charged with robbery in the first degree. Appellant was separately tried and found guilty and the jury fixed his punishment at imprisonment in the state penitentiary for a term of fifteen years. From the judgment entered on such verdict an appeal was granted to this court.

The sufficiency of the evidence to authorize conviction is not challenged and hence a brief statement of facts will suffice. The State’s evidence tended to prove that, shortly after midnight…