McKeithen v. State
McKeithen v. State
Opinion
The defendant was indicted and convicted for Robbery I. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to life without parole. Two issues are raised on appeal.
The State's evidence showed that the defendant and another robbed the Circle N grocery store on April 30, 1983. Each man was armed with a handgun. The defense was alibi. The State presented a prima facie case of robbery in the first degree as defined by Alabama Code 1975, §
In Ex parte Curry,
The indictment charged the defendant with robbery and described "a theft of Four Hundred Fifty Dollars . . .; a .25 *Page 38 caliber pistol . . ., one man's wallet . . . the property of Mansoor Butt. . . ." The evidence showed that Mansoor Butt and Farooq Janjua owned the Circle N grocery. They were both present during the robbery. The defendant took the .25-caliber pistol and a wallet from Mr. Janjua's pocket. The wallet contained $80 or $90. The robbers also removed $300 from the cash register.
The fact that the evidence showed that the pistol and the wallet belonged to Mr. Janjua and not Mr. Butt as described in the indictment did not constitute a fatal variance between the allegations and proof. "There is no requirement in establishing a prima facie case of robbery that the property stolen belong to the robbery victim. . . . There is no material variance between an indictment which charges that the property taken was the personal property of a named individual and proof showing that the property belonged to another. . . ." (Citations omitted). Raines v. State,
The judgment of the circuit court is affirmed.
AFFIRMED.
All Judges concur.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Ronald Charles McKeithen v. State.
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