Sanders v. State

GILLESPIE, Presiding Justice:

The defendant-appellant was indicted for the armed robbery of H. L. Markham. A jury of the Circuit Court of Leflore County returned a verdict of guilty, and defendant was sentenced to serve twenty-five years in the State Penitentiary.

The evidence for the state was sufficient to justify the jury in finding the following facts. • On February 12, 1969, at about 8:00 P.M., Alphonso Pankey, an employee of Malouf Music Company, was on the job in a rear room of the music company in *413Greenwood when the defendant entered with a shotgun which he pointed at Pan-key’s face.…