Yates v. Commonwealth

Opinion

KEENAN, J.

Michael Yates appeals from convictions of robbery and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. He contends that the evidence was insufficient to convict him and that the trial court applied an erroneous standard of proof to his alibi defense. We find the evidence sufficient to support the convictions and affirm.1

On the morning of May 14, 1982, Cynthia Mallory, the assistant manager of a store in the Cloverleaf Mall, was carrying the previous day’s receipts of $264 to a bank located across the Mali’s parking lot when a white van stopped in front of her. As she went…