Mathieu v. State

This is an appeal by the defendant Elias-saint Mathieu from. a final judgment of conviction and sentence for armed robbery. The defendant raises three points on appeal, one of which we conclude has merit.

The defendant contends, and we agree, that the trial court committed reversible error in denying the defendant’s motion for *1158a mistrial because, in our view, the jury clearly became aware that two non-testifying eye witnesses to the charged robbery had identified the defendant by name as the perpetrator of the robbery. The state established at trial that the victim was robbed at gunpoint while…