State v. Kennard

Appellant Ronald Dean Kennard was convicted of two counts of second degree robbery and one count of first degree robbery. In this appeal, he (1) challenges a jury instruction defining the phrase “to display what appears to be a firearm,” (2) argues that the evidence presented at trial is insufficient to support his convictions, and (3) asserts that the trial court abused its discretion by admitting testimony regarding his petitions for bankruptcy. Finding no error, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

The evidence at trial included testimony by three bank tellers who were robbed: (1) Shauna Cagle, an employee…