FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 24, 2008

Blountstown man tried and sentenced for robbery

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the conviction, and sentencing, in Calhoun County Circuit Court, of Christopher A. Godwin, on a charge of Robbery While Wearing a Mask.

The five males, one female jury deliberated just 42 minutes before finding Godwin, BM, DOB: 12-21-1965, SE Azalea Drive, Blountstown, guilty of the December 5, 2006, robbery of Rosario Hall while wearing a disguise.

Godwin was found to be a Prison Releasee Reoffender due to this crime being committed within three years of his release from prison. He was sentenced to 30 years in prison and must serve 100 per cent of that time.