State v. Perez

OPINION

CRIPPEN, Judge.

Appellant Francisco Perez was arrested as the driver of the car in which two armed robbers escaped. A jury convicted appellant of aggravated robbery and acquitted him of an assault charge arising out of the same incident. The trial court entered judgment and denied appellant’s motion for a new trial. Appellant alleges the trial court committed reversible error in its evi-dentiary and jury instruction rulings. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

On July 3, 1985, Ronald Larson was working alone at the Q Petroleum Super-ette on 53rd and Central Avenues in Frid-ley.…