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STATE v. ALEXANDER

Nos. 13831, 13832.

245 S.E.2d 633 (1978)

STATE of West Virginia v. James ALEXANDER. STATE of West Virginia v. Percy JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 11, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael F. Gibson, Johnston, Holroyd & Gibson, Princeton, for Alexander.

William J. Akers, Princeton, for Johnson.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen., David F. Greene, Paul T. Farrell, Asst. Attys. Gen., Charleston, for State of W.Va.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

The defendants, James Alexander and Percy Johnson, were jointly tried and both found guilty of armed robbery by a Mercer County Circuit Court jury, and each was sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary.

The record indicates that defendants and a third person, James Moon, robbed the Phillips IGA Store in Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia in January of 1973. Alexander obtained money from one of the cashiers at the store by putting...

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