State v. Cofer

THOMAS, Justice.

The defendant, Joe Cofer, was charged with and convicted of armed robbery of Okay Food Store in Pocatello, Idaho, on June 30, 1951. From the judgment the defendant appealed.

On the evening of June 30, 1951, between the hours of ten o’clock and eleven o’clock P.M., the store was robbed by two armed men who were masked.

At the time the store was closed to the public; some of the employees were engaged in checking the day’s receipts in the back room of the store, which is separated from the main portion by a partition, while others in the front part of the store were engaged in…