Robinson v. State

I

This armed robbery case presents us with a fervent challenge to the eyesight, and memory of sight impressions gained thereby, of the robbery victim, a Gulf Coast lawyer. Regarding the human memory as not nearly so frail as defense counsel would have us believe, we think the victim's in-court identification of the accused sufficiently reliable that it be both admissible and sufficient to undergird a conviction. For these and other reasons noted below, we affirm the judgment of conviction entered below and twenty years sentence imposed thereupon.

II

About 11:00 o'clock p.m. on December 22, 1982,…