Cloud v. State

SHANGLER, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of the robbery of Morris and Jewel Studna and was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of forty-three years.

The robbery was accomplished when the defendant and a female companion gained admittance into the Studna home by a ruse, and once entered, the female robber unleashed a pistol from her waistband, trained it first on Mrs. Studna and then on her husband. The Studnas, an elderly couple, were herded into the bedroom where they were forced to lie prone. They tied Mr. Studna’s ankles and hands behind him, and disregarding his plea that they spare…