State v. Francois

PICKETT, Judge.

| .FACTS

On February 23, 2009, the defendant, Aaron Francois, and Kevin Dee Gildhouse devised a plan to commit a robbery because they needed gas money.1 They discussed robbing a store, but the defendant had never done anything like that, and he was uncomfortable with the idea. The defendant suggested they instead rob a pizza delivery man or a cab driver, and Gild-house told him to make the call. However, the defendant also said at one point the robbery was Gildhouse’s idea.

As the pair set out, Gildhouse was armed with a Taurus .357 handgun they had stolen from the defendant’s…