Lash v. State

The evidence most favorable to the State discloses that Lash and two others entered a pizza restaurant and at gunpoint took the cash register receipts and money from the purses of two employees. Lash was subsequently tried on a three count information charging each of the takings as a separate armed robbery. The jury found him guilty on each count. Lash contends that the court erred (1) in denying his motion for severance of the charges, (2) in its jury instructions on the concepts of reasonable doubt and degree of certainty, and (3) in its refusal to give instructions on lesser included…