HAYS, Chief Justice.
Sammy Lee Jones was tried in March, 1966, and convicted by a jury of one count of armed robbery. He was sentenced to not less than ten nor more than twenty years in prison. Jones's previous trial for the same offense on February 25-28, 1966, had ended in a mistrial as a result of a hung jury.
At the March trial, Jones took the stand, denied having anything to do with the robberies and claimed alibi as a defense. In support of his alibi...
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