State v. Vondenberg

The specific issue presented in this cause concerns the type of proof necessary to be presented by the state to establish the presence of a “deadly weapon,” an element of the crime of aggravated robbery pursuant to R. C. 2911.01.

The facts of the instant cause are that Mrs. Odessa Romig, owner of Romig’s Best Mart, was, on April 21,1978, working *286in the rear of the store and “heard an awful noise up front.” She testified that she had heard “a bang like a gun shot,” and that she had observed someone in the 'vicinity of the cash register which was “right at the [front] door.” Mrs. Romig…