State v. Nunn

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

John P. Nunn appeals his September 1, 1983, conviction of aggravated robbery, contending that errors committed by the trial court deprived him of a fair trial. He claims that the court virtually directed a verdict of guilty by refusing his requested instruction on the lesser included offense of theft and by commenting to the jury that it was undisputed that a robbery occurred when the essence of his defense was that only theft had occurred. Appellant also raises questions of allegedly improper impeachment of his trial testimony. He asserts that statements allegedly…