Clay v. State

TYSON, Judge.

The Grand Jury of Lee County, Alabama, charged the appellant with the robbery of Joseph Earl Slay. The Jury found the appellant guilty as charged, and its verdict and judgment fixed punishment at ten years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Joseph Earl Slay testified that he was employed by Edwin Phillips, owner of Phillips Oil Company in Auburn, Alabama, on December 2, 1972. On this date, Slay was on duty at “Mack’s Self Service” at about 4:00 in the afternoon when the appellant and another man, one Richard Earl Ford, drove into the station and parked near the curb of the street.…