State v. Habtemariam

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This is an appeal from a judgment convicting defendant-appellant, Kubrom Habtemariam, of both robbery and aggravated robbery with a gun specification. The relevant facts are as follows.

On October 7, 1993, around 1:30 p.m., two female Ohio State University students were stopped and threatened with a gun while they were walking back to their dormitory room. The students were returning from lunch. As they reached the second flight of stairs at the dormitory, a young male who was a couple of steps behind, called out to them by saying, “Excuse me.” The women turned around, and the…