State v. Black

McGIVERIN, Justice.

After jury trial, defendant Arthur Richard Black appeals his conviction of robbery in the first degree in violation of sections 711.1 and .2, The Code 1979. Defendant urges that the trial court erred in overruling his motion for directed verdict and in overruling his objections to jury instructions. Black claims a fatal variance between the charge in the information and the proof, in that he was charged as a principal but convicted on evidence showing he was an aider and abettor to the robbery. We affirm.

In the early morning hours of January 29, 1978 a lone gunman carrying…