Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama March 1, 1983 (Raines v. State)

Joseph Raines was indicted for robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, and was found "guilty of robbery as charged in the indictment" by the jury. After a hearing by the trial court, in accordance with the Habitual Offender Act, the appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.