State v. Calegar

BAKES, Justice.

Appellant appeals from a conviction for armed robbery. On April 7, 1978, in the early evening, an armed robbery occurred at a grocery store in Boise. Mr. Don Swenson, an assistant manager, was at the safe at the front of the store. A multicolored shopping bag was dropped at his feet, and he was ordered to fill it with money. He laughed, thinking it was a joke, but the robber said, “Don’t laugh, I’ve got a gun.” The robber, wearing sunglasses, gloves, a hat, and a blue windbreaker with white lining, then opened his windbreaker to reveal what Mr. Swenson described as a…