Askew v. State

Bell, Chief Judge.

Defendant and two others were jointly indicted and tried for three counts of robbery allegedly committed on November 15, 1976. Defendant and one of his co-defendants, Wise, were convicted of all counts. Defendant Askew has appealed.

The state’s evidence showed that defendant and his co-defendant, Wise, entered a grocery store in Douglas County on November 15, 1976. One of them asked for a carton of Kool cigarettes. Immediately thereafter defendants committed three separate acts of armed robbery against three victims who were present in the store. From one of the victims a .22…