Birl v. State

BLEIL, Justice.

Norman Birl, Jr. appeals an aggravated robbery conviction for which he received a life sentence. Birl raises issues regarding the admission of evidence of his prior convictions and the admission of an in-court identification of him by his victim. Additionally, Birl challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury’s deadly weapon finding and to prove the elements of robbery. Birl also raises issues regarding the impaneling of the jury, which we do not reach because of our disposition of the other issues. We conclude that the trial court erred in admitting evidence…