Thomas v. State

AREND, Justice.

The defendant, Donald O. Thomas, also known as L. C. Thomas, appeals from a judgment of conviction for the crime of robbery. The indictment charged him with feloniously taking from the person and presence of Nadine Bisig $342.51 by putting the victim in fear with a butcher knife. In his brief Thomas advances five reasons why the judgment against him should be reversed and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the indictment or grant a new trial.

The defendant’s first contention is that the trial court should either have granted a new trial or have stricken and excluded…