White v. State

Lawson Cloninger, Judge.

Appellant Robert Ross White and Brenda Faye Tayborn were convicted of robbery by the trial court sitting as a jury. Only White prosecutes an appeal. His only contention on appeal is that the trial court erred in not granting his motion for a directed verdict in that the evidence was insufficient to support the charge of robbery. We find that the trial court correctly denied the motion for a directed verdict, and that there was substantial evidence to support the conviction.

In October of 1979 an employee of Oseo Drug observed appellant remove merchandise described as a…