Calloway v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
BOWEN, Presiding Judge.
Lemuel Calloway was indicted and convicted for robbery in the first degree. The defendant was sentenced as a habitual offender to ninety-nine years’ imprisonment. No direct appeal was taken. This is an “out-of-time” appeal which was granted by the circuit court in response to the defendant's petition for writ of error coram nobis.
On appeal, the defendant contends that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction because no one identified him as the robber. Thorough review convinces this Court that the defendant’s conviction was based on conjecture, surmise…
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