Burnette v. State

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

The appellants-defendants, Steven Dewayne Burnette and Randy Lynn Stewart, appeal from their conviction of robbery and their respective sentences of seven to ten and five to six years. They argue that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s verdict because the proof fails to show that either defendant made a verbal demand for the money which the victim turned over to them. We find no error in the record, and we affirm the jury’s verdict.

The proof was that the victim, an admitted homosexual, met the defendants at a so-called “gay bar” in downtown Nashville,…