Cosby v. State

This is an appeal from the Marion Criminal Court, Division Two, wherein the defendant was tried by a jury and found guilty of the crime of robbery.

The prosecuting witness, Herod Rains, testified upon direct examination that on August 30, 1968, he was employed at the Hosier Pharmacy, 8208 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis, Indiana. On that date, at about 10:30 p.m., the defendant entered the store, went behind one of the counters, and came out with a double-barrel, sawed-off shotgun, the gun apparently having been hidden underneath the defendant’s sweat shirt.

Rains further testified that…