MARKS v. STATE

3 Div. 489.

424 So.2d 1342 (1982)

John Russell MARKS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1982.

Certiorari Denied January 28, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy L. Carter of Watkins, Carter & Knight, Montgomery, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Jean Williams Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 82-43.

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant (appellant) guilty of robbery in the first degree. Immediately thereafter, the State moved to invoke the Habitual Offender Act (Alabama Criminal Code, § 13A-5-9). Upon a hearing and proof that defendant had previously been convicted of four felonies, the court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for life without parole.

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