Franklin v. State

The appellant, Larry Lennard Franklin, was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

The state's evidence tended to show that at approximately 4:15 a.m. on July 19, 1990, the appellant, along with two other men, robbed a Hobo Pantry convenience store clerk in Dothan, Alabama. The appellant was arrested later that same morning for violating his parole.

When the appellant was arrested, he was in possession of a small .38 special revolver, known as…