Reid v. State

Appellant was charged by affidavit with the crime of robbery. Trial by court resulted in a finding of guilty, whereupon appellant was sentenced to the Indiana State Reformatory for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five years.

The record reveals the following:

On November 28, 1970, Mary Phillips was employed at the Whitehouse Tower restaurant. A person whom she later identified in court as the appellant entered and asked for change and a paper bag. At that point she noticed that he was brandishing a revolver. She gave appellant approximately $64. Appellant then ordered her into…