State v. Pierce

BURNETT, Judge.

A jury found Ronnie Pierce guilty of robbery for his role in the holdup of a Twin Falls convenience store. After trial, Pierce admitted to his status as a persistent violat- or. The district judge sentenced Pierce to two concurrent, indeterminate terms not exceeding thirty years. On appeal, Pierce *99raises numerous issues which we have consolidated into three groups. Part I of our opinion discusses the requirement that testimony given by an accomplice be corroborated, and we consider whether lack of such corroboration at a preliminary hearing may be raised as an issue on appeal…