People v. Dockum

The record contains evidence which is more than sufficient to support the verdict of the jury convicting the defendant of robbery in the first degree. However, we believe that errors during the trial affected substantial rights of the defendant and prevent an affirmance of the conviction.

The testimony established the following facts: The complaining witness, a young married woman, having walked with her child to a school bus stop, was returning to her residence over a lonely dirt road when she was accosted by a man whom she identified as the defendant. She stated that he displayed a large…