State v. Kakela

This is an appeal from a jury conviction of defendant-appellant, Gene Kakela, for aiding and abetting another to commit a robbery. Kakela assigns as error the trial court’s refusal to sustain his motion to dismiss prior to submission of the case to the jury, and further alleges that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. After reviewing the record we affirm.

Kakela was charged in an information which alleged that he aided and abetted Ken Thorpe to commit a robbery at the Short Stop convenience store in North Platte, Nebraska. Jury trial was held. At the trial the county attorney…