Aljak v. State

KLEIN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of being an accessory after the fact to armed robbery. We reverse and remand for a new trial because the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on duress.

Shortly after a robbery, appellant and his three passengers were stopped by the police, and the robbery victim, who was brought to the scene, identified the passengers as having committed the robbery. Appellant, who was at the wheel, was not identified as having participated in the robbery, and told one of the police officers at the scene that he had not been aware that a robbery had taken place.

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