Williams v. State

The appellant, Gregory Lavon Williams, was indicted for robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, but was convicted of the lesser included offense of theft of property in the first degree, a violation of §13A-8-3, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years in the state penitentiary.

The state's evidence tended to show that the appellant and an accomplice, Keyuntia McPherson, took a gold necklace and $4 in cash from Jason Hall. Thomas Lafitte was with Hall when the incident occurred. Jason Hall testified that he and Lafitte were walking on Bay Bridge…