Robinson v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

At his trial Samuel Robinson conceded that he was guilty of participating in an armed robbery of the High Street Liquor Store in September of 1981, but he sought a lenient sentence. He was found guilty of aggravated robbery and first degree battery and sentenced to twenty-five years imprisonment for the former and twelve for the latter, to be served consecutively.

His first argument for reversal is that he was denied the right to ask Robinson’s partner in the robbery, on direct examination, what sentence he had received for the robbery. It was ten years on a negotiated…