State v. Simmons

Cacioppo, Presiding Judge.

Several aggravated robberies occurred in the city of Akron during March and April 1988. Akron police obtained descriptions of both the gunman and his truck. In each robbery, the gunman had a portion of his face covered. The first report described the gunman as wearing a ski mask. The subsequent reports described the gunman as wearing a white painter’s mask or the painter’s mask with tape on his face. The descriptions were similar as to the gunman’s physical features and manner of dress.

On April 22, 1988, one of the original witnesses reported to the Tallmadge police…