Brodes v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant J. Brodre Brodes was convicted of two counts of armed robbery in a trial in which the only evidence implicating him was the testimony of the two victims identifying him as the perpetrator. The victims testified they were “absolutely certain” of their identification of him and were repeatedly called upon by the prosecuting attorney to repeat their certainty in the accuracy of their identification. In its instructions to the jury, the trial court gave the pattern jury instruction on eyewitness identification,1 which informs the jurors they may *436consider a witness’s…